AESC 2050 FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS COMPLETE
PREPARATION KIT
●● We Are What We Video
Answer: -from eastern part of Greenland (Isortaq)
-about 16,000 Iso live in the U.S.
-only eat meat
-dog helps with hunting
●● What does eating mean for the Inuits?
Answer: -it means blood
(eat seal, killer whale, bird)
●● The only delicacy they like to eat is?
Answer: the liver of the seal
●● For holidays & birthdays, they eat almost everything traditional like?
Answer: -stuffed intestines
-smoked seal meat
-polar bear head
,●● How much land does my food take?
Answer: 1 acre
●● Why is farmland being decreasing?
Answer: Urband sprawl
●● NYS are _____ more than other states
Answer: "at risk"
●● -Farms being lost in _____ areas
-_____ of farms are owned by farmers >65
-loss happens between _____
-COVID19 is another ____to farmers
Answer: - "low density"
-1/3
-generations
-barrier
●● 83 million allocated to farms since?
Answer: 2011
,●● "Farmland Protection Initiative (2019)
Answer: -14 million to farms struggling under climate change,
COVID19, federal policy
●● What percentage of farmland must be allocated for cattle, hogs,
certain crops, and maple syrup to be eligible?
Answer: >50%
●● How much of our corn crop is turned into 13 billion gallons of
ethanol?
Answer: 40% (7% of our fuel)
●● -What do we use to make food?
-What is a key component to agriculture?
-How much fuel do we use every year?
Answer: -industrial agriculture (tractors, chemical fertilizers, & energy)
-energy petroleum
-300 billion pounds
●● As food increases, fuel ____
Answer: increases
, ●● What affect does US corn have on the world video:________ crisis
in Mexicoprices of __________ tripled domestic production undermined
by cheaper imports
Answer: tortilla
●● ____% of the lower 48 state acreage needed to feed everyone (based
off of 1 acre/person for 325 million people in US)
Answer: 20%
●● most farming occurs in the ___________increased population
density in the _________we (DO/DO NOT) live where we farm
Answer: midwest
east.
DO NOT
●● The New York Times study says that ____ farm acres are lost per
minute
Answer: 2 farm acres
●● one out of every 3 americans lives in these 4 states:(places where
farmland is lost)
Answer: California
Texas
Florida
ACCURATE ANSWERS COMPLETE
PREPARATION KIT
●● We Are What We Video
Answer: -from eastern part of Greenland (Isortaq)
-about 16,000 Iso live in the U.S.
-only eat meat
-dog helps with hunting
●● What does eating mean for the Inuits?
Answer: -it means blood
(eat seal, killer whale, bird)
●● The only delicacy they like to eat is?
Answer: the liver of the seal
●● For holidays & birthdays, they eat almost everything traditional like?
Answer: -stuffed intestines
-smoked seal meat
-polar bear head
,●● How much land does my food take?
Answer: 1 acre
●● Why is farmland being decreasing?
Answer: Urband sprawl
●● NYS are _____ more than other states
Answer: "at risk"
●● -Farms being lost in _____ areas
-_____ of farms are owned by farmers >65
-loss happens between _____
-COVID19 is another ____to farmers
Answer: - "low density"
-1/3
-generations
-barrier
●● 83 million allocated to farms since?
Answer: 2011
,●● "Farmland Protection Initiative (2019)
Answer: -14 million to farms struggling under climate change,
COVID19, federal policy
●● What percentage of farmland must be allocated for cattle, hogs,
certain crops, and maple syrup to be eligible?
Answer: >50%
●● How much of our corn crop is turned into 13 billion gallons of
ethanol?
Answer: 40% (7% of our fuel)
●● -What do we use to make food?
-What is a key component to agriculture?
-How much fuel do we use every year?
Answer: -industrial agriculture (tractors, chemical fertilizers, & energy)
-energy petroleum
-300 billion pounds
●● As food increases, fuel ____
Answer: increases
, ●● What affect does US corn have on the world video:________ crisis
in Mexicoprices of __________ tripled domestic production undermined
by cheaper imports
Answer: tortilla
●● ____% of the lower 48 state acreage needed to feed everyone (based
off of 1 acre/person for 325 million people in US)
Answer: 20%
●● most farming occurs in the ___________increased population
density in the _________we (DO/DO NOT) live where we farm
Answer: midwest
east.
DO NOT
●● The New York Times study says that ____ farm acres are lost per
minute
Answer: 2 farm acres
●● one out of every 3 americans lives in these 4 states:(places where
farmland is lost)
Answer: California
Texas
Florida
