Title: SAT 140 Sustainable/Organic Plants

SAT 140 Sustainable/Organic Plants
  SAT 140 Sustainable/Organic Plants Introduction
  Student INTAKE Form
  Dropbox
    Dropbox Introduction
  Unit 1
    Unit 1 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: Fundamentals of Organic Agriculture. (16 pg pdf)
      Reading: Lodi Rules for Sustainable Winegrowing (2 pg pdf)
      Reading: Transitioning to Organic Production. Pages 1-9.
      Reading: Youth Empowerment through Urban Agriculture: Red Hook Community Farm (Page 202-215)
      Video: Lab Techniques and Safety
      Video: TEDxKnoxville - Chad Hellwinckel - The Importance of Local Food Systems (10 min)
      Video: The Lexicon of Sustainability: Forage (5 min)
      Video: The Lexicon of Sustainability: Local. (5 min)
      Video: Visions of a Sustainable World (10 min).
    Unit 1 Lab Assignment
  Unit 2
    Unit 2 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: A New Generation of Plant Breeders Discovers Fertile Ground in Organic Agriculture (5 pg pdf)
      Reading: EverCrisp: A New Apple Variety in the Midwest (2 pg pdf).
      Reading: Is Organic an Option for Me? (9 pg pdf)
      Reading: Plant Guilds (36 pg pdf)
      Reading: Uncommon fruit crops with sustainability potential (2 pg pdf)
      Reading: What is Sustainable Agriculture? (12 pg pdf)
      Video: Intro to Permaculture 16 - Urban Permaculture (8 min)
      Video: Planning for a Sustainable Local Food System. (5 min)
    Unit 2 Lab Assignment
  Unit 3
    Unit 3 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: Assessing Botanical Capacity to Address Grand Challenges in the United States. Chapter 1; pages 1-8. (102 pg pdf)
      Reading: Seeds for Our Future (22 pg pdf)
      Reading: Sunflower Crop Germplasm Committee: Twenty-Second Meeting Report January 2012. Appendix 4 - Pages 24-27. (41 pg pdf)
      Reading: Vintage Germplasm Common Elderberry (3 pg pdf)
      Video: Jonathan Drori: Why We're Storing Billions of Seeds (6 min)
      Video: Kew's Millennium Seed Bank hits 10% target (7 min)
      Video: Rice Germplasm (6 min)
      Video: Saving Seeds: One Seed at a Time (17 min)
    Unit 3 Lab Assignment
  Unit 4
    Unit 4 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: Guide for Organic Crop Producers (ATTRA, 2012) Chapters 4-6, pages 13-28. (64 pg pdf)
      Reading: Propagating Herbaceous Plants from Cuttings. 7 pg pdf.
      Reading: Propagating Plants from Seed. 24 pg pdf
      Video: Growth Cycle Plant Animation (1 min)
      Video: How to propagate plants. Merrideth Jiles - Central Texas Gardener (4 min)
      Video: Plant Life Cycle Vermont Vegetable Farm (7 min)
    Unit 4 Lab Assignment
  Unit 5
    Unit 5 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: Biotechnology Offers US Farmers Promises And Problems. (5 pg pdf)
      Reading: FDA's Role in Regulating Safety of GE Foods (3 pg pdf)
      Reading: Safety of Genetically Engineered Food (5 pg pdf)
      Video: Genetically Modified Food or Organic: Do We Have to Choose? (59 min)
      Video: Mystery wheat strikes fear in farmers (3 min).
      Video: USDA Investigating Detection Of Positive Genetically Engineered Wheat (1 min)
      Video: What Is a Genetically Modified Food? (3 min)
    Unit 5 Writing Assignment
  Unit 6
    Unit 6 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: Muscadine grapes. pages 1-5, 25-29. (31 pg pdf)
      Reading: Rachel Carson, a Voice for Organics - the First Hundred Years (5 pg pdf)
      Reading: Soil-depleting, soil-conserving, and soil-building crops (8 pg pdf)
      Reading: The Native Persimmon, pages 1-6, 24-25. (28 pg pdf)
      Video: Wes Jackson Interview- Part V (4 min)
      Video: Part 4:History of Sustainable Agriculture (3 min)
      Video: Robert Rodale Interview - Part III (7 min)
      Video: Wes Jackson Interview- Part IV (3 min)
    Unit 6 Writing Assignment
  Unit 7
    Unit 7 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: The Climate Benefits of Organic Agriculture (4 pg pdf)
      Reading: Achieving food security in the face of climate change: Summary for policy makers from the Commission on Sustainable Ag
      Reading: Agricultural Research Service Climate Change Research Fact Sheet. (1 page pdf)
      Reading: Managing Climate Change on Apple Orchards (2 pg pdf
      Reading: NAS Climate Change: Evidence, Impacts and Choices (40 pg pdf)
      Reading: US Forest Service Climate Change Fact Sheet. (1 page pdf)
      Video: Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change - An Overview (6 min)
      Video: How to feed the world in 2050: actions in a changing climate (6 min)
      Video: USDA Reports Say Climate Change Will Affect Agriculture, Forests (2 min)
    Unit 7 Writing Assignment
  Unit 8
    Unit 8 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: Biological control of insects and mites, Chapters 1-5 (pages 1-24)
      Reading: Home, Yard & Garden Pest Newsletter Number 13‐August 9, 2013 (5 page pdf)
      Reading: National Organic Program Compliance Checklist for Producers (20 pg pdf).
      Reading: Organic IPM Field Guide (22 pg pdf)
      Reading: Top 12 Lawn & Garden Pests (2 pg pdf)
      Video: Organic Pest Control - Purdue YDAE (6 min)
      Video: Physical Removal of Insect Pests (2 min)
      Video: Tips for Natural Pesticides (2 min)
    Unit 8 Lab Assignment
  Unit 9
    Unit 9 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: Pocket K No. 39: Nanotechnology in Agriculture (6 page pdf)
      Reading: Pocket K No. 43: Biotechnology and Climate Change. (5 page pdf)
      Reading: Potential Impact of Biotechnology on Adaption of Agriculture to Climate Change: The Case of Drought Tolerant Rice Bree
      Reading: The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States-Report in Brief (4 pg pdf)
      Reading: The Theory and Practice of Genetically Engineered Crops and Agricultural Sustainability; page 847-856. (28 pg pdf)
      Video: Georgia Professor Explains the Role of GMO Crops in Agriculture Sustainability (6 min)
      Video: Illinois Professor Explains Regulatory Process for GMO Foods (5 min)
      Video: Patrick Moore on GMO, Sustainable Energy & Pop Environmentalism (7 min)
      Video: Vandana Shiva: Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and Sustainable Living (16 min)
    Midterm Assignment
  Unit 10
    Unit 10 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: Building Better Soils for Better Crops: Chapters 1 & 2 pgs 3-22 (pdf)
      Reading: Coon Valley and Tijuana Estuary: Lessons for Restoration. Arboretum Leaflet 29. (4 pg pdf)
      Reading: Coon Valley Days (8 pg pdf)
      Reading: Soil Quality in Organic Agricultural Systems (8 page pdf)
      Video: How to Test Your Soil for Nutrients (2 min)
      Video: Muddy Fingers Farm - Soil Prep and Compost (6 min)
      Video: Organic Soils vs. Conventional Soils (7 min)
      Video: Soil Improvement (4 min)
    Unit 10 Lab Assignment
  Unit 11
    Unit 11 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: Colony Collapse Disorder Progress Report 2012 (13 pg pdf)
      Reading: Managing Alternative Pollinators; Chapters 1-3, pages 1-33. (158 pg pdf)
      Reading: Seeding Pollinator Plots (5 pg pdf)
      Reading: Selecting Plants for Pollinators: Eastern Broadleaf Forest Continental Province (24 pg pdf)
      Video: National Geographic Live! : People, Plants and Pollinators (21 min)
      Video: Who Killed The Honey Bee?
    Unit 11 Lab Assignment
  Unit 12
    Unit 12 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (2 pg)
      Reading: Invasive Species Definition Clarification and Guidance, pages 1-2. (11 pg pdf)
      Reading: Reducing Urban Heat Islands: Compendium of Strategies (22 pg pdf)
      Reading: The Four Traditions of Geography by William D. Pattison 4 pgs
      Reading: Understanding Common Terms Used in Discussions about Climate Change and Agriculture (16 pg pdf)
      Reading: Urban Growth in American Cities, pages 1-7, 14-15. (60 pg pdf)
      Reading: USDA Plant Hardiness Zones (1 page jpeg)
      Reading: USDA Plant Hardiness Zones - Illinois (1 page jpeg)
      Video: National Geographic Live! : Daniel Raven-Ellison: Guerrilla Geography (15 min)
    Unit 12 Lab Assignment
  Unit 13
    Unit 13 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: A Guide to Understanding the Value Chain (2 pg pdf)
      Reading: FAO Save and Grow; Chapter 1, pages 1-14
      Reading: Red Tomato Case Study. Pages 1-13. (21 pg pdf)
      Video: TEDxDoiSuthep - Jon Jandai - Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard? (15 min)
      Video: TEDxTC - Jonathan Foley - The Other Inconvenient Truth (17 min)
      Video: Totnes : What the Past Can Teach us About the Future. (22 min)
    Unit 13 Lab Assignment
  Unit 14
    Unit 14 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: Crop yields in organic and conventional production – studies from the Öjebyn project (4 pg pdf)
      Reading: Making the Transition from Conventional to Organic (4 pg pdf)
      Reading: Organic Versus a Conventional Farming System in Kiwifruit (7 pg pdf)
      Video: Biodiversity and pest control: organic vs conventional farms (3 min)
      Video: Comparison of Practices and Resource Use for Organic and Conventional Fruit in California (16 min)
      Video: Organic vs. Conventional Farming (9 min)
    Unit 14 Lab Assignment
  Unit 15
    Unit 15 Introduction
    Reading and Multimedia Assignments
      Reading: An Economic Comparison of Organic and Conventional Grain Crops in a Long-Term Agroecological Research (Ltar) Site in I
      Reading: Comparison of Organic and Conventional Crops at the Neely-Kinyon Long-term Agroecological Research (6 pg pdf)
      Reading: Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers 2013. Reference. (208 pg pdf)
      Video: A 13 Year Comparison of Organic and Conventional Systems (19 min)
      Video: Comparing Organic and Conventional Agriculture in the U.S: What Can We Measure? (34 min)
      Video: Profitability of Organic Farming Systems in Wisconsin (21 min)
    Unit 15 Lab Assignment
  Unit 16
    Unit 16 Introduction
    Unit 16 Final Project