Agribusiness Systems

Day 1:

Economic Impact of Agriculture Issues

• Telephone game

• Make a list of supplies you need in the summer

• Supply and demand definition and pictures.

• Supply and demand card activity

Day 2:

Don't Touch That Dial: Agriculture's Economic Impact

• Estimate how much you spend on food in a year.

  • Use the handout in google classroom to total your food expenses for the year

  • Compare your estimate from the beginning to your total that you got from the handout in google classroom.

• Play Cash Cab

• Newscast on Agricultural Economic Impact

Day 3:

Using Math to Understand the Economic Impact of Agricultural Issues

• Develop an agriculture business activity

• Answer the following questions:

  • 1. What is the purpose of any business?

  • 2. How do we make a profit in business?

  • 3. What do we call money that goes out of a business?

• Use the business list created at the beginning of class and identify each item as income, expense or profit. Compare your business expenses to a farmers expenses. Are they the same or different?

• Create a pie chart of these expenses.

Day 4:

Breaking Away from the Frenzy

• Explore the website www.dhmo.org and identify your top five concerns and record them on paper.

  • What do you think about dhmo?

  • Are there any positive attributes?

  • Do you think it should be banned?

  • Why or why not?

  • What is dhmo?

• Define disease and outbreaks and come up with a list of outbreaks.

• Define recall and come up with a list of recalled products.

• Reflect on economic impact an outbreak or recall can have.