Part I - Agriculture: understanding the role and significance of agriculture in the world today

Study these three on-line information sources below. Base your first paper on one of these sources. Then answer the questions or issues below.

Information Sources

Food Crop Agriculture 

Livestock, Meat, and Dairy Agriculture
     
World Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Fish Farming

Questions

1. Identify the food-related topic you have chosen to write about. It may be a specific grain such as corn, or a meat product such as pork, or a fisheries product such as salmon.  Describe its importance today in local, regional, national, and world markets.
2. What role, if any, does organic agriculture play in producing this product?
3. What role, if any, does genetic engineering play in producing this product?
4. What are your views on genetically engineered food products?

 

Part II

Part III

Part IV