Introduction
Once
family farms were the backbone of American food supply. Currently, family
farms are rapidly disappearing.
Guiding
Question
What will be
the consequences to our food supply if the trend continues?
Questions
1. What is a
family farm?
2. Homesteaders
received how many acres for the family farm?
3. What is the
average size of a family farm in the last decade?
4. What
challenges do family farms face?
5. How or what
is our government doing to protect family farms?
6. If we lose
all family farms, what will we as a country and as individuals lose?
7. How are the
farm families organizing to protect themselves?
8. How will the
quality of food be affected in the future?
9. After the
family farms go broke or are sold, what happens to the farmland?
10. Explain if
the farmer receives full, fair value for the farm.
Internet
Resources
Definition
of a Family Farm & It's Challenges
Homestead Act
of 1862
Land Received by
Homesteaders
Problems
Faced by Family Farms
Agricultural
Policy
Consequence
of Family Farm Loss
Family
Farm Organization Problems
Family Farm Organization
Land
Sale
Activities
1. Research
the family farm crisis and write a 400+ word summary of your research.
2. Answer all of the questions within your summary.
3. Write a position paragraph supporting family farms. Support your position.
4. Make a graph showing the number of family farms lost since 1850 in
increments of 25 years.
5. Determine the number of family farms left in Marin Country.
Ms. Andrejeff, teacher, and Adriana Miu,
AP student, collaborated to develop this web hunt.
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