How Food Is Produced
Overview
Every meal on your plate began on a farm, and every farm works in the same hidden way: it takes things in, does work on them, and sends products out. A rice grower flooding a paddy in Bangladesh and a giant wheat estate on the Canadian prairie look nothing alike, yet both can be read as the same machine of inputs, processes and outputs.
In this lesson you will learn the language geographers use to classify farms (arable, pastoral, mixed, subsistence, commercial) and the newer soil-free methods (hydroponics, aquaponics, aeroponics), then learn to describe any farm as a system. Get this right and the rest of the food theme falls into place.
Objectives
- Farming types: subsistence, commercial, arable, pastoral, mixed, aeroponics, aquaponics, hydroponics.
- Farming systems: inputs, processes, outputs.
Lesson Note
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- Which of the following is an output of a farming system? A. fertiliser B. labour C. milk D. machinery Answer: C
- A farm that grows crops only, with no livestock, is described as: A. pastoral B. arable C. mixed D. nomadic Answer: B
- Subsistence farming is best described as farming where: A. everything is sold for profit B. the produce is consumed mainly by the farmer's family C. only livestock are kept D. no labour is needed Answer: B
- Growing plants with their roots in a nutrient solution instead of soil is called: A. aeroponics B. aquaponics C. hydroponics D. monoculture Answer: C
- Intensive farming is characterised by: A. low inputs per hectare over a large area B. high inputs per hectare to achieve high yields C. no use of fertiliser D. consuming all produce at home Answer: B
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