Food Production

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Food Production Distribution Mr.
RustProject STEPFebruary 4, 2004
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Outline

• Carrying capacity
• Introduction to Food Cycle
• Project outline

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Carrying Capacity

• What is carrying capacity?
• What are the factors that affect it?

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Our Town

• Statistics for Cincinnati (Metro)
• From Census 2000
• Population
• 331,285
• Land area
• 77.97 square miles
• What is the population density?
• 4,249

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Our Town

• How much food does one person need to survive
• 1.2 acres/person
• What is this in terms of square miles?
• 1 acre 0.0015625 square miles
• 0.001875 square miles/person
• For metro (77.97 square miles) area, how much
  farm land do we need?
• 621 square miles of farm land
• How much land is that?

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Our Town
Shaded area Cincinnati metro area 77 square
miles
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Our Town
Red area farm land needed to support metro 625
square miles
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Our Town
Is it possible that the red area is all farm land?
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This raises some questions

• Where does the food come from?
• How does it get here?
• Wont it be spoiled?

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Food Production Distribution
Livestock/fish production
Crop production
Processing
Packaging
Distribution
Consumption
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Project Outline

• Goal
• Investigate the Food Production Distribution
  System
• Engineering approach
• Divide into teams of 4
• Each team researches one component of the system
• Outcome
• Presentations to class

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Project Outline
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Worksheet

• Energy Identify and explain the energy costs
  essential to your component of the food
  production/distribution process
• Materials Identify the materials needed to for
  your component of the food production/distribution
  process
• Wastes Identify and describe the wastes
  generated by your component of the food
  production/distribution process
• Environmental Impact Explain how the energy and
  materials used and wastes generated impact the
  environment

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Written Report

• Compose a written report of your research
  findings
• Make sure you include all the information you
  have found and recorded on your worksheet.
• You must conclude your discussion by explaining
  whether the system component that you researched
  is a sustainable process.
• Support your answer with information you found.
• The report should be a minimum of 1 page written
  (3/4 of a page typed).

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Group Presentation

• Present your findings to the class on Friday
• 10 minutes per group

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Resources

• Internet free
• Textbook free
• Library free
• Engineering Teachers LLC
• If you are stuck, Mr. Rust and Mrs. Witson can
  help you find resources
• This will cost you points!!!

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Any questions?
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Resources

• http//www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/popInfo.php?locInde
  x16523
• www.mapquest.com