Teaching the Geography of Food Teaching the Geography of Food https://geographyeducation.org/presentations/ncge

/ http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?tag=NCGEfood

Geography education is not…

“Geography is a gateway to understanding complex

environmental relationships and interconnections among places

and across landscapes”

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Global News Demands Geographic Context

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/?tag=Syria

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APHG Question in the Future

• “Teachers should emphasize geography as a field of inquiry rather than concentrating on memorization of concepts and terms.”

• Older APHG questions focused on recall. Future questions will focus on knowledge transfer to new situations. The answers shouldn’t be “Google-able.”

–Don Zeigler

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Teaching the Teaching the Geography of Food Geography of Food

Unit 5 and much more

Disconnected from the food system

Teach with Population Principles

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=malthus

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4030012410/2014/10/17/feeding-our-hungry-planet

Use Maps and data…

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=quiz+food

http://edcommunity.esri.com/Resources/Collections/human_geoinquiries

Development Matters: concerns are place-specific

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/3998052932/2013/03/10/in-a-grain-of-golden-rice-a-world-of-controversy-over-gmo-foods

Levels of Development change the nature of the main concerns…

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4006403097/2013/08/21/ramen-to-the-rescue-how-instant-noodles-fight-global-hunger

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=spoof

Economic Geography: Why is there added value for a company to connect

itself with new food movements?

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4008676275/2013/10/03/chipotle-s-gamble

Urban Agriculture

• community gardens• reconnecting people

with their food

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=rethinking+agriculture http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4051900275/2015/09/28/food-processing

1. Redirection of food2. Destruction of capacity

to grow food3. Neglect of the starving

• Rare in democracies, connected with authoritarian regimes

Political GeographyFamines reflect lack of power more than lack of food

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=hunger+food+insecurity

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4061581787/2016/03/23/the-real-irish-american-story-not-taught-in-schools

Cultural Geography: What foods are not considered food? What does a society choose to eat?

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=eating+insects

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/2593842331/2012/09/04/mcdonald-s-goes-vegetarian-in-india

Food is perfect for cultural diffusion

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=shanghai+cuisine http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=currywurst

Technology reshapes systems and geographies

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4005179581/2013/07/25/nytimes-video-cultivating-dinner

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=data+driven+farm

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4062815001/2016/05/01/how-orange-juice-is-made

Get students a little angered at the system…

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/2906246925/2012/10/07/the-global-food-waste-scandal

(Not so classroom appropriate…)

Make the Food System more

personal

•"Why are our fries the gold standard? Because only a select number of potato varieties make the cut. I’m lovin’ it.”

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/3998143410/2013/03/10/mcdonald-s-packaging

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4069380974/2016/09/22/cotton-candy-grapes

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4052339263/2015/09/26/overpackaged-foods

“That’s just the way things are…”

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=red+delicious http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=chills+eggs

Questioning the Food Production System

Global trade and industrial agriculture changes the system

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4008094484/2013/09/23/factory-food-from-above-images-of-industrial-farms

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=bacon+pork

Include Environmental Issues…

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4001927804/2013/05/20/an-underground-pool-drying-up

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education?q=ogallala

• Govt. subsidies shape our food supply• Example: U.S. govt. corn subsidy lead to an

economic niche for high fructose corn syrup

Questioning the Food Production SystemGlobal trade and industrial agriculture changes the system

http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4068205067/2016/08/30/why-the-us-government-wants-americans-to-eat-more-cheese

How can competent teachers help students understand a complex

interconnected world?

Provide geographic informationTeach geographic concepts

Use data, maps, and geospatial technologyAsk questions which encourage spatial thinking.

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