M6:4 Industrial Farming

·      Your thoughts about the vanishing of bees (what else have you heard/seen about this issue?)

• My thought is now I know that pollination is important
• I learned that 1 out of 3 food products came from bees
• The first bee keeper is David hackenberg
• I had no idea bees were vanishing. I have not heard or seen anything about this issue

·      Dirt!: The Movie

• We take soil for granted
• We destroy dirt for coal, agriculture, paving
• Farmer suicides in India
• Damaging effects of GMO crops
• Dirt is the living source of all life on earth
• Dirt has given us food, shelter, fuel, medicine, ceramics, flowers, cosmetics, color
• We abuse dirt and ignore it 

·      Were you able to discover if there is a factory farm near you? Were you already aware of farms near you? What do you think about this? 

• There is not a factory farm near me
• I kind of thought there were none around here so I was not all that surprised
• There is more land and better weather in the valley for farming so it is ok with me that there are no factory farms near me

·      Composting: Do you currently compost? Have you composted in the past? Do you know anyone who composts? Would you consider composting, after learning about its benefits from the movie?

• I compost by putting food and compost items in the green bin. I do not compost directly at my place because it is not my place
• I have not DIY composted in the past
• I do not know anyone who composts
• I would love to compost if I had the space to do it properly