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Toward a Sustainable Agriculture

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Read about sustainable agriculture and complete related Internet activities. After reading background information about the economics of sustainable agriculture and the problems with the industrial food system, your high schoolers click on links to complete related Internet activities.

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obesity, organic farming, farming, sustainability, hunger

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Agriculture, crop yields, environmental costs, farm profitablity, farming, hunger, monoculture, obesity, organic farming, small farms, sustainable, sustainablity, science
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Research
Technology
WebQuest

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