Example of Student Work on Sustainable Agriculture
Community-Support Farms
After a unit on world hunger, agriculture, and global trade, students researched local ways to create food systems that are more ecologically and socially sustainable.
This student visited a community-supported farm, which sells pre-paid 'subscriptions' of produce delivered each week to consumer. This arrangement provides farmers with a guaranteed income and provides consumers with fresh produce. This method of food production is sometimes called "food with the farmer's face" because of the direct link between farmer and consumer.
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Some of the Concepts, Standards, and Skills Addressed by this Activity:
- understanding relationships between producers and consumers
- understanding relationships between economic, environmental, and social systems
- identifying environmental impacts of human activities
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Suggested curriculum on this topic: From World Hunger to Sustainable Food Systems. From the Sustainability Education Center (NY). (212) 645-9930 http://www.sustainabilityed.org
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