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Jenkins/AP Human Geography
Winter 2014
Agricultural Geography Field study and associated assignment.
Groups of THREE, FOUR or FIVE, PLEASE no smaller or larger!
Due: TBA.
Part 1 is a group assignment. Part 2 is an individual assignment.
Part #1 – GROUP: Complete the questions below from your visit to the grocery store
Part #2 – INDIVIDUAL: Answer the production to consumption question on the bottom of this page
Part 1: Choose SIX Produce items such as vegetables, fruits, etc… (TWO must be considered “organic.”)
Choose THREE Perishable products such as meats, poultry, chocolate, etc (ONE must be considered free range or
organic)
Please answer questions #1-4, to the best of your ability, related to EACH product chosen:
*For question #5 please answer separately.
1. Where were they grown, raised? U.S. and/or somewhere else? If you are having trouble with this, look at
the packaging of the product.
2. What is the climate like (climate region) where this product was grown/raised? Use online atlas or book to
help you with this.
3. What is the dominant crop grown in this region? Use an online atlas or
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/index.asp to help you with this.
4. Which MAJOR corporations/companies are involved in the distribution of this product? Where are these
companies headquartered? *Look at the sides of the boxes/crates/packaging to see where these foods come
from!
5. * Are any of these products you found Fair Trade Certified? If yes, which ones? Define Fair Trade
Certified and discuss its significance in agriculture and associated commodity chains.
Map this:
6. Create a map which shows where all the products you have chosen are grown, raised, etc… *Make sure
you create a key which identifies which products are organic, non-organic, type of product, etc….
7. Create a map which shows where the companies that produce these products are located. *Make sure you
label which companies are which on the map.
YOU WILL BE PRESENTING THESE MAPS IN CLASS 
Part 2: Finally: PICK ONE PRODUCT from your field study and answering the following:
Discuss in an AP paragraph (8 to 10 sentences) what you feel is the most significant factor related to the process of
“production to consumption?”
Note: Use text and your case study findings to help answer this question.