Ecological Agriculture Winter 2004

Ecological Agriculture Winter 2004 Portfolio Checklist

Program Journals/Portfolio’s are due week 10 on Wednesday (at the office of your respective seminar faculty member – Martha or Michael). Please compile all of your work in a three-ring binder with dividers. You should include all of your work in the portfolio. At a minimum, the following items should be included:

___ Self Evaluation Bring faculty evaluations with you to the evaluation conference.

Program information: ___Syllabus ___Revised Schedule ___Student work/covenant ___Mid-term Check-list

Writing assignment ___Vision Paper topic ideas ___ Vision paper

Exam ____Midterm exam

Lectures and study questions _____ Chapter 11. Soil Organisms: Glossary terms and # 1, 2, 3, 8. _____ Origins of Agriculture- as assigned. _____Chapter 1. The Soil Around Us. Answer questions 3 & 9. _____Chapter 2. Soil Formation. Answer questions 1, 2, 5-7 & 10. _____Chapter 11. Soil Organisms: #7, 9 _____Food Quality and Pesticides TBA _____Chapter 12. Organic Matter #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9. _____Chapter 3. Soil Classification. Answer questions 2-4 & 6. _____Chapter 4. Soil Physical Properties. Answer questions 2-5, 7-8. _____The Carbon Cycle Unbalanced CH 11#9 (previously answered) _____Chapter 5. Soil Water. Answer questions 2, 3, 9, 10.. _____Chapter 6. Soil and the Hydrologic Cycle. #1, 3-6, 8, & 9 _____Chapter 13. Nitrogen Fixation (13.12-13.14) #7, 12, matrix. _____Chapter 13. Nitrogen and Sulfur. Answer questions 1-6, 9-12. _____Chapter 9. Soil Acidity. Answer questions 2-11 _____Chapter 14. P and K: #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11. _____Chapter 11. Mycorrhizae (pp 477-480). #6 and matrix _____Chapter 15. Micronutrients and Trace Elements: #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. _____Chapter 18. Inorganic pollution- Heavy Metals (pp818-827) #3,4,5. _____Chapter 16. Practical Nutrient Management: #1-10

Conference _____Sustainable Living conference notes Ecological Agriculture Winter 2004

Labs ___Lab Notebook- Soil Nematodes ___Lab Notebook- Soil Microarthropods ___Lab Notebook- Soil Texture ___Lab Notebook- Compost and Compost tea expt. ___Lab Write-up on Soil Nematodes and Microarthropods- Draft ___Lab Write-up on Soil Nematodes and Microarthropods- Final draft ___Lab Notebook – Mycorrhizae and Nodulation ___Lab Notebook – Soil pH ___Lab Notebook- Farm Nutrient Cycling and final presentation if applicable ___Lab Notebook- Compost tea experiment and presentation if applicable

Field Trip Notes: ___ TESC Compost Facility ___ Vancouver/Portland area field trip ___ Seattle urban agriculture- Seattle Tilth and P-Patch ___ Puyallup Land Resources Inc and WSU

Seminar readings and assignments: ___New Agrarianism Intro and Ch 9 ___Ecological Footprint reading ___Ecological Footprint assignment ___Reclaiming the Commons ___Subsistence Perspective ___ The Amish ___Going Local ___Gaviotas

Eco Design segment/Community Economics ___Ecological Footprint Lecture ___Economics lecture Week 2 and exercises ___Economics lecture Week 3 and exercises ___Economics lecture #3 and exercises ___Economics lecture #4 and exercises ___Gaviotas video ___The WTO and macroeconomic forces (Peter Dorman)