5.2 Terrestrial Food Production Systems & Food Choices

Significant Ideas:

• The sustainability of terrestrial food production systems is influenced by socio-political, economic, and ecological factors

• Consumers have a role to play through their support of different terrestrial food production systems.

• The supply of food is inequitably available and land suitable for food production is unevenly distributed among societies, and this can lead to conflict and concerns.

Applications & Skills:

• Analyze tables and graphs that illustrate the differences in inputs and outputs associated with food production systems.

• Compare and contrast the inputs, outputs, and system characteristics for two given food production systems.

• Evaluate the relative environmental impacts of two given food production systems.

• Discuss the links that exist between socio-cultural systems and food production systems.

• Evaluate strategies to increase the sustainability in terrestrial food production systems.