SR GCE Portfolio

In this unit we have been talking about GMOs and how they effect us. Not many people notice that GMOs are everywhere. In class we watch a video about the "Green Revolution" which is basically about using modern science to grow our food supply. We also talked about supply and demand and how when making the food we usually will grow more of one thing such as corn or soybeans. For our AP in this unit we have to decide if we are either anti-GMOs or pro-GMOs. To help decide we went to a Farmer's Market and were able to see different perspectives about the pros . and cons about GMOs. It was a very great experience being able to speak to different people.

In this unit we were focusing on cooking and different ways we are able to interpret the nutrients and food labels when it comes to cooking. In this unit we also went to a farm called Patch Work Farms and got to see how crops and herbs grow and the process they have to go to through. For this unit in the AP we decided to make different kinds of bread such as yeast, commercial, sourdough, etc. We focused on the leavening agents and how they might affect the bread and what they do to benefit the dough. We also looked at the ingredients and the nutrition labels for the recipe. Through this experience I noticed that there are many things we don't acknowledge when we are cooking such as the fats, sodium, and the calories. SR.Yeast.2018

Throughout this term we were studying natural farming and the techniques that we should use. By doing this we read “One Straw Revolution” by Fukuoka. When reading this book we were discussing the principles and the reason behind Fukuoka’s theory. The this AP we are pretending to have a garden and how we would sort the plants out for their health and growth we also leaned onto Fukuoka's theory for inspiration!                                                 Overall this AP was very useful for us and the environment. We are now able to better ourselves when it comes to gardening and the purpose of gardening too. I believe that the most interesting part of this unit is learning about how plants interact with others. I really enjoyed this AP because we were able to show what we learned in our own preference. Citations- Old Farmer's Almanac. Companion Planting Guid...