Thursday, April 21st

 SOCRATIC SEMINAR: The Ethics of Food and Agriculture

Tomorrow, we will work on the reflection and the "talking points."

Tuesday, April 19

Debrief and reflect on Katrina’s visit

Make thank-you note deluxe with reflection!

Whip-around: What is one takeaway? Write your best thought on a post-it!

READ: Keep reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Part 4, the DIY Food Chain. Complete the annotations for seminar!

Food Freewrite #5: Reflect on some of your takeways from the most recent content: our guest speaker Katrina, Ron Finley's TED Talk, the field trip to James Ranch and Part 4 of the Omnivore's Dilemma. What pieces of the DIY food chain interest you most?   How can you imagine participating in your own  food chain? How might you personally get more connected to the source of your food?

Feeding Nine Billion: “Annotate” for Seminar (3 Connections, 1-2 Questions)

SOCRATIC SEMINAR: Seminar Prep due Thursday before sem: get yourself around!

Monday, April 18th

 Welcome, Katrina Blair!

Thursday, April 14

James Ranch Debrief

Review Chapters 12-15, OD

FOOD FREEWRITE #4:

Reflect on what you have learned about the differences between the paradigms of the industrial food system and that of local, sustainable, regenerative food systems. How does each show a different “ethic”, that is to say, a different kind of thinking about the human relationship with food and the human relationship with Earth?

Is change in our food system desirable? If so, what changes would you like to see? What would need to happen for change to occur, politically and personally? What are you willing/able to change about your own diet that might align with how you answer this question?

Ron Finley: “A Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA”

Reading Time: The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Part 4, Chapters 18-21

DIY food chain

Monday, April 11

 TOMORROW BUSINESS

• 3rd Hour: Let’s Order James Ranch: Online or on the Toast takeout app. OR Bring a sack lunch.

• REMINDER! Permission slip to Steve!!

• WEATHER HEADS-Up! Raincoats/Umbrellas and appropriate footwear advised

  

SHARE OUT: Reactions to film Fed Up

FOUR CORNERS

• The benefits of the industrial food system are worth the drawbacks

• I would rather go back to the more localized food systems of yesteryear even if it meant I sacrificed the benefits

DISCUSS THE MAIN POINTS OF THE READING (PAIRS/SMALL GROUPS)

Be ready to share out on the following:

1. What is his thesis?

2. What are the main points that he makes to support his perspective?

3. Brody asks:  “Is the correlation of prosperity with processed and packaged foods nearly 1.0?  Do you answer yes? Why or why not? Can you push back on this claim? How?

4. How does the perspective of this article change or complicate how you are considering the question of food ethics (if at all)?

5. What is his paradigm about the world, and how does it differ from Joel Salatin or Wendell Berry?

FOOD FREEWRITE #3: Reflect on what you have learned about the industrial food system. Where do you find yourself in the debate? Do you relish in the amazingness that the industry creates? Or are you concerned about the unintended consequences? What would you be willing to change about how you eat if it meant we could have a different system?

REFER to Food, Inc., Fed Up, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and/or the “Food Miles and Packaging” reading in your answer.

READING: The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Part 3, Chapters 12-15 (as far as you can get…)

ANNOTATE!

• 3 Observations, Connections, Reactions

• 2-3 Questions about the chapters OR to ask our tour guides at James Ranch tomorrow

Friday, April 8th

More documentary richness on the industrial food chain! Same assignment as we did for Food, Inc. See Google Classroom for submission guidelines. 

Fed Up

Thursday, April 7th

Industrial Food Analysis, cont'd....

1. Get together with Chapter groups for 5 minutes to revisit your questions.

2. Groups 1-7 Share out learning! Feel free to use information from the film to flesh out your answers. Here are the questions if you lost your paper.

Food, Inc: Reactions and Annotations

Submit in Google Classroom:

1. THREE reactions, connections, A-ha’s, etc.

2. 1-2 QUESTIONS the film leaves you with. 

Advantages of our Food System

1. What is great about it? What do we love about it? (Brainstorm)

2. What is the deal with “Food Miles”?

3. READ/ANNOTATE:  Food Miles and Packaging: A Contrarian View

4. Discuss:

• What is his thesis?

• What are the main points that he makes to support his perspective?

• Brody asks:  “Is the correlation of prosperity with processed and packaged foods nearly 1.0?  Do you answer yes? Why or why not? Can you push back on this claim? How?

• How does the perspective of this article change or complicate how you are processing the topics (if at all)?

FOOD FREEWRITE #3:

Reflect on what you have learned about the industrial food system. Where do you find yourself in the debate? Do you relish in the amazingness that the industry creates? Or are you concerned about the unintended consequences? What would you be willing to change about how you eat if it meant we could have a different system?

REFER to Food, Inc., The Omnivore's Dilemma, and/or the “Food Miles and Packaging” reading in your answer.