1. Geography and Agriculture Feeding the World: Images of a Hungry Planet Food for Thought
Food, Land & People
Utah Agriculture in the Classroom
Utah State University
utah.agclassroom.org

2. Location, Location, Location…
Geography
People
Places
Time
Agriculture
Food
Land
Does a continent latitude or longitude matter?
Guns, Germs, & Steel: by Jared Diamond

3. Topography and climate
Does Geography determine where civilizations begin?

4. Topography and Soils
Can soil types predict where civilizations thrive?
What do you know about the soils in the various colors?

5. Geography: Food, Land & People
Different culture, religions traditions based on food and land.
Street Foods (National Geographic)
Ghana

6. Geography: Food, Land & People
Bolivia

7. Geography: Food, Land & People
Mali

8. Geography: Food, Land & People
Peru

9. Geography: Food, Land & People
India

10. Geography: Food, Land & People
Laos

11. Geography: Food, Land & People
And more…Most of the world lives differently than we do here in the USA. Explore media base or National Geographic Magazine at for more!
Albania

12. Geography: Food, Land & People
What does the average family around the world consume and spend for food for one week?
Images from Peter Menzel’s book Hungry Planet
Available online at Peter Menzel Photography

13. Cultural Comparisons Country Weekly Total, US $ Number of People
Per Person
% of USA
Chad
1.23 6
$0.21
0.4%
Bhutan
5.03 13
$0.39
1.5%
Ecuador
31.55 9
$3.51
9.2%
Egypt
68.53 12
$5.71
20.0%
Poland
151.27 5
$30.25
44.2%
Mexico
189.09
$37.82
55.3%
Italy
260.11
$52.02
76.1%
USA
341.98 4
$85.50
100.0%
Germany
500.07
$125.02
146.2%

14. Another way to look at it!

15. Follow up Activity
Day of the Week
Date
Meal
What did you eat
Approximate Cost
Meal Status
Circle One
Sunday
Breakfast
Made from Basics
Frozen/Box/Mix
Ate Out
Lunch
Dinner
Monday
Track your meals and their cost with your parents for one week
Bring a completed Data Form back at the end of the week
Use your data and the data from this presentation to make your own bar graph

16. Geography and Agriculture… How will we feed a hungry planet?