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Exploring Sustainable Agriculture in Ireland Agriculture Exploring Sustainable Agriculture in Ireland Faculty: Dr. Rodney Mills - Austin Peay State University Associate Professor Agriculture Course: Credit Hours: 3 Course Levels Offered: Lower Division (100-200 Level) or Upper Division (300-400 Level) Can this course be taken to fulfill major and minor requirements? YES Can this course be taken to fulfill general elective credit? YES Local Course Designator at Austin Peay State University: AGRI 2900/3900 Prerequisites: NO Description: Agriculture has many challenges in coming decades: to feed 9 billion people by 2050 while also trying to preserve our natural resources for future generations. Sustainable agriculture is an emerging concept that proposes to achieve both goals. Where better to explore the notion of sustainability than the beautiful Emerald Island? We will compare sustainable practices in Ireland with conventional practices in the U.S. and discuss issues like animal welfare, food safety, local marketing, and environmental sustainability. Tentatively, our class will visit the Aran Islands, Irish National Stud & Gardens, the National Famine Museum, Guinness Storehouse, as well as local producers. Content: The course will examine agricultural practices in Ireland and relate how they compare to those practices in the United States. Students in this course will have the opportunity to explore: --the major agricultural products in Ireland and the U.S. and their economic impacts in each country; --sustainable agricultural practices in Ireland in such areas as crop production, dairy and meat production, and horticulture and gardening through visits to various research, production and/or processing facilities like the Oak Park Crop Research Centre (Teagasc) in County Carlow; --food processing, marketing, distribution and community-based shopping by visiting local farmers markets and food and beverage processors like one of the Irish Farmers Markets and the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin; --through visits to organic and conventional farming and livestock production operations, students will develop a sense of the differences in organic/natural production methods and conventional practices and their effects on animal, plant, and environmental welfare; we may visit facilities like John Stone Grass-fed Beef in County Longford and cattle and goat dairy producers for Glenisk Organic Dairy in Counties Offaly and Tipperary; --nature conservation and wildlife management by visiting national parks and grasslands; we may visit the Aran Islands and explore the AranLIFE Project that demonstrates a balance between conservation and agricultural practices in grazing management, water quality, and waste management; --horticultural and equine practices will be explored at the Irish National Stud and Gardens which is the center of the Thoroughbred horse industry in Ireland, but also has Japanese and traditional botanical gardens that are reminiscent of those that inspired the monastic movements of the 6th and 7th centuries; we may also look at waste management and recycling practices at Kildangan Stud in County Kildare; --and examine some history, trends and issues facing Irish and European agriculture in areas such as animal welfare, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, food safety, and natural/organic food production with such stops as the Irish National Famine Museum at Strokestown Park in County Roscommon. Assessment Methods: All students in AGRI 2900 will be evaluated for the following outcomes: --student attendance and substantive participation (10%) --students will critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of differing particular agricultural practices by a short essay (25%) --students will be engaged in self-reflection to assess their values and the basis for those values by participating in discussion groups and keeping a personal journal of the trip (25%) --student quizzes to assess student understanding of topics and covered in the course (15%) --summative self-reflection paper that will how exposure to international agriculture has shaped students perspectives on global agriculture and their personal development as a participant in the field of agriculture (25%). 1906 College Heights Blvd – Tate Page Hall Room 104 – Bowling Green, KY 42101 – 270‐745‐4512 – [email protected] .
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