Chapter 11: Agriculture

Extra Credit:

After hearing the Extra Credit assignment I thought it would be extraordinarily hard to locate a farm with a sewage pool on google earth. I was shocked by the fact that it took me only minutes to find several. It is impossible to look around Sampson County, North Carolina without running in to at least 10 of the massive factory farms in only minutes of looking. 


Article: 
A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops by Amy Harmon 

Many citizens in Hawaii wanted GMOs to be labeled or even made illegal, but many members of the government only see the potential benefits of them so the bill to make them illegal never passed now people continue unknowingly eat unlabeled GMO foods. 


Von Thünes's Model Drawing 

Von Thünes's Model was developed in order to display how agriculture is grown in relation to space, spoilage rate and transportation cost.  The closer to the center, the more valuable the goods grown there should be because that is where the most perishable items are typically grown and the products that are the hardest to transport must be closer. The next ring is the forest because wood is expensive to transport large quantities. The third ring contains grains that aren't as hard to transport because they don't really spoil. The final ring contains ranching and livestock. 


Map: I chose the Western United States because California is home to the most fertile soil in the nation and brings the most farming revenue to the U.S.