(MODULE 1) LEARNING ABOUT DAIRY (references)
(1.1) At the dairy farm
(1.1.1) Virtual tour of OSU dairy farm [Read article or view (video to be posted later)]
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(1.1.2) The carbon footprint of milk [article]
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(1.2) Milk issues
(1.2.1) rBST growth hormone in milk production [article]
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(1.2.2) Dairy products and consumers (part 1) [article]
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(1.2.3) Dairy products and consumers (part 2) [article]
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(1.3) The health of dairy cows and humans
(1.3.1) The structure of DNA (video only)
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(1.3.2) Virtual tour of OSU biochemistry lab [Read article or view video]
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(MODULE 2) PLACES WE SHOP
(2.1) Who feeds Stillwater? Virtual tour of a grocery store [Read article or view (video under construction)]
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(2.2) A virtual tour of a farmers market [Read article or view (video under construction)]
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(2.3) Local foods and panoramic blurriness [article]
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(MODULE 3) SWINE, CATTLE, AND CHICKENS
(3.1) Swine (references)
(3.1.1) Virtual tour of a swine farm [article]
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(3.1.2) Read up to and including Table 1 of this article from ThePigSite about the science of animal welfare, especially in relation to swine production.
(3.1.3) Swine welfare in different farm systems [article]
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(3.2) Cattle (References)
(3.2.1) Tour of beef farm at OSU [article]
I already have a video made (you can view it here), but ITLE may want to improve it.
(3.2.2) Read this article about the use of antibiotics on livestock farms and this article on the use of synthetic growth hormones in cattle production.
(3.2.3) Read this article on the relationship between our diet and greenhouse gas emissions.
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(3.3) Chickens raised for meat (references)
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(3.3.1) How poultry meat is produced [video]
Note: video is from the poultry industry, not an educational institution, but it still is an accurate depiction of how poultry meat is produced. We need to close-caption the video.
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(3.3.2) The chicken manure blame-game [article]
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(3.3.3) Externalities in agriculture [article]
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(MODULE 4) RAISING PLANTS (references)
(4.1) Fertilizer
(4.1.1) The fertilizers of our ancestors
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Watch this scene from The Field where seaweed is used as fertilizer and this scene from Beavis Butthead about the Roman god of manure.
(4.1.2) Read the article Chemical fertilizer and the soil ecosystem.
(4.1.3) The Magruder Plots
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(4.1.4) A virtual tour of a soil testing laboratory (Read article or view (video under construction))
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(4.1.5) A coda to the virtual tour of the soil test lab: An interview with farmer, Dr. Rodney Jones
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(4.2) Pesticides
(4.2.1) Read this article about how pesticides are regulated, this WebMD article for an overview of organic foods, read Myth #1 in this this blog entry about pesticides used in organic farming, and then read this NPR article about pesticide residues on food.
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(4.3) Genetically modified organisms
(4.3.1) Breeding, mutating, and modifying DNA
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(4.3.2) Read this article and this article, both by the publication grist.org. Then watch this scene from the show Stossel, and then watch this scene from Jimmy Kimmel Live.
(MODULE 5) INDUSTRIALIZATION
(5.1) Part 1—The industrialization of agriculture, introduction (references)
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Watch this video about the use of robots in agriculture.
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(5.2) Part 2—The Early Modern Period [article]
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Watch this scene from the movie Lady Jane about the consequences of enclosing the commons in England.
(5.3) Part 3—The cult of efficiency [article]
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Watch this historical video about Taylorism.
(5.4) Part 4—Getting big [article]
Note: I had to fix figure 7 and repost the new images to both webpage and zipfile of pics on November 17.
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(5.5) Part 5—Consequence of size & specialization [article]
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(5.6) Part 6—Vertical coordination [article]
Watch this clip from the sitcom 30 Rock.
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(5.7) Part 7—Industrializing agriculture: the wrong way [article, audio]
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Do not include (E.1) or (D)
(MODULE 6) FOOD AND INSTITUIONS
(6.1) The science of agriculture
(6.1.1) Science in agriculture
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(6.1.2) A gallery of agricultural scientists
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(6.2) Politics and culture at the dinner table
(6.2.1) The left and right side of the table [article, video]
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Watch this montage from popular television shows about the politics of food.
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(6.2.2) You are what you eat: the deep roots of food culture [article]
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(6.2.3) You are what you eat: American roots of food culture [article]
Watch this sketch from Portlandia.
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