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Session 4
15 July 2009
 
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Hour Exam - First Hour
3:30-4:30
Review Session
Scheduled for
Sunday, 12 July 2009
3:00-5:00pm

Climate Change and Agriculture - Local and Global Dimensions
Coming Difficulties for Capital-Intensive, Petro-Intensive Agriculture

Nota Bene: The failure of the Summer School's streaming video equipment during the Wednesday, 15 July lecture session means that you will have to retrieve much of the information presented from the relevant PowerPoint slides here:

Climate Change and Agriculture -- Local and Global Dimensions The Escalating Difficulties for Capital-Expensive, Petroleum-Intensive Agriculture

[Bottom Line: A Massive Need for “Directional Change”]

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Readings & Resources

 
US EPA - Question of the Week
2008
Do you pay attention to where your food comes from?
Cynthia Rosenzweig, et al.
2000
Climate Change and U.S. Agriculture: The Impacts of Warming and Extreme Weather Events on Productivity, Plant Diseases, and Pests, (Boston, Harvard Medical School - Center for Health and the Global Environment, May 2000).
BBC Newshour
2008
"Call for Urgent Action on Food Prices," BBC - Newshour, (8 July 2008).
Democracy Now, and Francis Moore Lappe
2008
"As Global Food Crisis Tops G8 Summit Agenda, World Leaders Enjoy Lavish 18-Course Banquet," Democracy Now, (9 July 2008).
Raj Patel
2008
"Stuffed, Starved and Sprayed: Raj Patel on Agro-Ecology & LBAM," YouTube, (3 July 2008).
See also: International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) - Synthesis Report
Aditya Chakrabortty
2008
"Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis: Internal World Bank study delivers blow to plant energy drive," The Guardian, (4 July 2008)
BBC News Online
2008
"Biofuel use 'increasing poverty'," BBC News Online, (25 June 2008 01:51 UK 00:51 GMT, Wednesday).
Paul Roberts
2008
"Corn Prices and the Global Food Economy," ForaTV, (18 June 2008).
Marie-Monique Robin
2008
""The World According to Monsanto"," The Real News, (22 June 2008)
Mark Sutton
2008
"Snared in a homemade 'NitroNet'," BBC News Online, (8 July 2008 00:12 UK 23:12 GMT, Tuesday).
 

Supplementary Material
YouTube
"Curt Ellis of King Corn," YouTube, (15 August 2007).
YouTube
"King Corn Trailer," YouTube, (25 October 2007).
YouTube
"FOOD NEWS: A Conversation with "King Corn" Filmmaker," YouTube - CookingUpAStory, (20 November 2007).


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