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Then
,answerthefollowingquestionsaboutthearticle
onaseparatedocumenttitled
FoodAnthropologyBackground
under
Projects
>>
FoodTopia
andposttoyourDP
by
Wednesday,April22nd:
1. Whendidagriculturebegin?Howdiditchangehumancivilizations?
Asearlyas11,000BCE,humansbeganagradualtransitionawayfroma
huntergatherer
lifestyletowardcultivatingcropsandanimalsforfood.Whenpeoplestartedfarmingthe
populationgrewalotfasterbecauseoftheabundanceinfood.
2. Between1650and1850,somethinghappenedtotheworldspopulation:what
wasit?Whatenabledthistohappen,accordingtothearticle?
Between1650and1850,thepopulationmorethandoubled,fromroughly550million
to1.2billion.Thereweremanyfactorsthatledtolowerdeathrates,includingwhathasbeen
calledaglobalagriculturalevolution.
3. Brieflydescribeindustrializationand
mechanization
intheU.S.agricultural
systemintheearly1900s.
Intheearly1900s,morethanhalfofAmericanswereeitherfarmersorlivedinrural
communities.19InordertofuelthenewlyindustrializingU.S.economy,somebelievedthat
Americansoughttobefreedfromthedrudgeryoffarmingsotheycouldjointhelaborforcein
officesandfactories,andthatfoodandfarmingneededtobecheapersoAmericanscould
affordtheproductsofferedbyemergingindustries.
4.Whatdidagricultural
industryconcentration
dototheindustry?
Whathappensisthatfranchiseswouldmergewiththeircompetitorsorbuyoutsmall
businessestomakeamonopolyoveronecertainproductforexamplejusttwocompanies
own50%ofthecornsyrupindustry.
Next
,organizeyourselvesintogroupsof
3or4
,andchoose
onefoodculturetofocuson
in
theworld.Afteryouvedonethis,choosearecipefromthatculturethatyouwillresearchto
bothprepareandtracethehistoryof.
Yourgroups
finalproduct
willbeapreparedrecipeforour
International
PotluckLunchon
Friday,May1st.
Inaddition,yourmealpresentationwillbeaccompaniedbya
binder
with
laminatedpages
and
lovinglydecorated
thatcontainsthefollowinginformation:
Yourrecipe,withdetailedingredientslist,andinstructionsandphotographsfor
preparation.
12pages
Nutritioninformationincluding:
calories,fats
(saturated,unsaturated,trans)
,
carbohydrates,protein,sodium,sugars,vitamins,minerals,etc.
Adetailedtracingofwhereeachingredientcomesfrom,includingwhereitoriginated,
shipping,methodofproduction,andwhetherthisingredientcomesfromyourchosen
countryornot.
13pages
Ageneralhistoryofyourcountry,includingphotographs(
colonization,founding
government,revolutions,etc.
)
1page
Ahistoryofyourcountrysagriculturalindustry,includingbutnotlimitedto:
natural
resources,exports,imports,industrialization,mechanization,GMOandpesticideuse
vs.organics,andavailabilityoffoodintermsofsocioeconomicstatus.
12pages