Session Twelve

Agriculture & the Environment

Class Discussion

What is Sustainable Agriculture?

An Historical Outline of American Agriculture

Florida Agriculture Facts

Florida Agriculture  

Florida Department of Agriculture

Farm Facts

Sugar at LSU: Archiving the Past, Researching the Future

Sugarcane Mosaic Virus

Influence of Political Action Committees Including the Sugar Lobby

Sugar's Sweetest Deal

The Politics of Sugar

Ultimate Citrus Page

Florida Crops Page

U.S. Sugar Corporation

Sugar Price Supports & The Everglades

Web Board:

1. What is produced on American Farms?
2. What is "mosaic virus," what are its symptoms, and how does it damage a farmer's sugar cane crop?
3. According to U.S. Sugar Corporation, how does their industry effect the Everglades?
4. According to the Coalition for Sugar Reform, what is the impact of the sugar industry on the Everglades?
5. In the history of agriculture and the development of agricultural technology, what technological breakthroughs occurred in the 1910's and the 1950's?
6. What is sustainable agriculture?
7. Explain what Sugar PACS are and how they operate.
8. How much change has their been in the number of acres farmed in Florida between 1950 and 1992?
9. Please identify the various divisions of the Florida Department of Agriculture and describe what each division does.
10. Go to the Florida Crops page and briefly identify three crops grown in Florida.
11. Go to the Ultimate Citrus Page & visit the home pages of 3 citrus growers.  Briefly describe each of their operations.