Agroecology, which is an ecological approach to agriculture, has the potential to double food production within 10 years for entire regions, while also mitigating climate change and reducing poverty if given sufficient support. A leaked IPCC report should catalyze a reassessment of the global food system. The essay assignment asks students to write an essay or set of 3 blog posts due by midnight on Friday, November 7th on topics from the week's readings such as agroecology, food production, climate change, poverty, native identity, and connecting with the land through plants.

1. Week 10
Review/Preview

2. "… agroecology, if sufficiently supported, can double food
production in entire regions within 10 years while mitigating
climate change and alleviating rural poverty."
Leaked IPCC report must be catalyst for a
reassessment of global food system

4. Growing Power
Black Gold!
An “Overnight Success”?

5. What should I eat?

7. "If we're going to change kids' ideas about who they are as
native people, who they are as tribal people and what that
means, we had to connect kids with land — and that began
with plants." Eli Suzukovich III, “Little Shell”, project coordinator,
Urban Ecology

8. Essay or Set of 3 Blog Posts
Due Friday, November 7
by midnight