After viewing the videos from the movies from this module, I feel that I have gained so much knowledge about the farmers and agriculture around us. Vanishing Bees was a great movie to depict the depth of the problem around the disappearance of bees. I had heard that bees were going extinct, but after watching this movie I now know the problem is slightly different but just as impactful as if bees were to be extinct. The root of the issue goes way further than beekeepers taking care of their farms. It goes into what is going on the agricultural farms and the pesticides being used. Overall, I had heard about bees disappearing but I didn't know it was called Colony Collapse Disorder and that the root cause of it is always a mystery. I also had no idea this was occurring all around the world.
Dirt! The Movie! was such an eye opening movie about what I feel I typically take for granted - dirt. I thought the movie was very informative and learned so many interesting information about dirt in all parts of the world. I really enjoyed the story told by the woman from Sudan about the hummingbird doing what little that it can while all the other animals watched the forest go down in the fire. It really rings true for all of us to do what little we can to save the dirt we have and making it more fertile by composting.
While I knew of places where there were farms around us, I wasn't sure what type of factory farms. I have seen herds of cows in some places but weren't sure if they were specific factorty farms. In Contra Costa County there is a dairy farm. The nearby counties have the majority of the factory farms. Solano County has a dairy and cattle farms. San Joaquin County has dairy, cattle, hog, broilers and layers farms. This makes me want to research if the farms around me feed antibiotics and if there have been any antibiotic resistance.
I do not personally compost. However, if composting is available at the site I am in then I do. When I was volunteering at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, they utilize compost bins in all of their departments which is wonderful! I think composting should be done in more hospitals and big industries where there may be a cafeteria or recycled food to minimize waste and recycle that residue to create healthy soil. I remember learning about composting when I was young. It is a wonderful tool and more organizations should do it. I also think that if a family has gardens in their backyard, they should try composting as well.
Hi Tina,
ReplyDeleteBoth of the movies were definitely very informative and eye opening. I think we tend to take things for granted and never thought that one day all these things such as clean water and food may disappear. I didn't know that SF General had compost bins. I think it's wonderful and that more places should utilize it to recycle food that can be used for soil.
Both of those movies were super eye-opening for me as well. I feel like I need to change all of my habits to decrease my carbon footprint from now on. I am so impressed to find out that Zuckerberg Hospital composts their foods. I agree, I think that all hospitals and large corporations that have cafeterias should compost their foods. I need to research this, but I think families living in apartment buildings can even compost as well. I am not sure if that is true or not, but I have heard of boxes you can buy online to make it easier to compost in apartments.
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