Table of Contents


(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)]
[Video editing instructions for intro to virtual tour here]
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(1.1.2) The carbon footprint of milk [article]
[Transcript of introductory video here]
Article is complete and film is being edited.
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(1.2) Milk issues

(1.2.1) rBST growth hormone in milk production [article]
[Transcript of introductory video here]
Article is complete and film is being edited.

(1.2.2) Dairy products and consumers (part 1) [article]
[Transcript of introductory video here]
Article is complete and film is being edited.
Link to the pics used are here

(1.2.3) Dairy products and consumers (part 2) [article]
[Transcript of introductory video here]
Article is complete and film is being edited.
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(1.3) The health of dairy cows and humans

(1.3.1) The structure of DNA (video only)
[Video editing instructions for introductory video and virtual trip to football field here]
Article is complete and film is being edited. Animation request pending.
Link to the pics used are here

(1.3.2) Virtual tour of OSU biochemistry lab [Read article or view video]
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Article is complete and film is being edited.. Animation for video is in progress.
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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)]
Article is complete and film is being edited.
[Video editing instructions for virtual tour here]
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(2.2) A virtual tour of a farmers market [Read article or view (video under construction)]
Article is complete and film is being edited.
[Video editing instructions for virtual tour here]
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(2.3) Local foods and panoramic blurriness [article]
[Transcript of video introduction (7:00) here]
Article is complete and film is being edited.
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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]
[Transcript of introductory video here]
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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.
[Transcript of introductory video here]
Article is complete and film is being edited.
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(3.3) Chickens raised for meat (references)

[Transcript of video introduction for all of 3.3 here]

(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.
Article is complete and film is being edited.

(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
[Transcript of video here]
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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
[Transcript of video here]
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(4.1.4) A virtual tour of a soil testing laboratory (Read article or view (video under construction))
[Video editing instructions here.]
Article is complete and film is being edited.
Pics and external video in video available here.

(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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Pics available here.

(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.
[Transcript of introductory video available here]
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(4.3) Genetically modified organisms

(4.3.1) Breeding, mutating, and modifying DNA
[Transcript for introductory video here]
Pics in video available here.
Video has been filmed but not edited. Animation is pending.

(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)
Transcript of introductory video here.
Watch this video about the use of robots in agriculture.


Pics for all of 5.1 available here

(5.2) Part 2—The Early Modern Period [article]
Article is complete.
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]
Article is complete.
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.
Transcript of introductory video here.
Article is complete.

(5.5) Part 5—Consequence of size & specialization [article]
Article is complete.

(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]
Article is complete. Do not include (E.1) or (D)

(MODULE 6) FOOD AND INSTITUIONS

(6.1) The science of agriculture

(6.1.1) Science in agriculture
Article is complete.
[Transcript for introductory video here.]

(6.1.2) A gallery of agricultural scientists
All the videos are closed-captioned.

(6.2) Politics and culture at the dinner table

(6.2.1) The left and right side of the table [article, video]
[Transcript of introductory video here]
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]
[Transcript of introductory video here]
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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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