Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix
Companion Resource
Food Machine
This video is the first episode of the PBS series, "America Revealed." Show host Yul Kwon explores how the "Food Machine" (agriculture) feeds nearly 300 million Americans every day. The video highlights farm practices, machines which make the production of our food easier and more productive, and the requirements of nature and our natural resources in order to produce our food. This secondary resource addresses topics such as sustainability, GMOs, pests and pesticides, global food trade, and food marketing.
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Lessons Associated with this Resource
- Journey 2050 Lesson 1: Sustainable Agriculture (Grades 6-8)
- Journey 2050 Lesson 4: Economies (Grades 6-8)
- Journey 2050 Lesson 1: Sustainable Agriculture (Grades 9-12)
- Journey 2050 Lesson 4: Economies (Grades 9-12)
- Journey 2050 Lesson 5: Land Use (Grades 6-8)
- A Search for the Source (Grades 9-12)
- The Columbian Exchange of Old and New World Foods (Grades 9-12)
- Journey 2050 Lesson 5: Land Use (Grades 9-12)
- Water Ops for Growing
- The Science of GMOs
- Food Systems Feed the World