Journey to Planet Earth[series info]

Land of Plenty, Land of Want

The third episode visits diverse farming communities on four continent s to examine the worldwide problems of feeding a growing population wi thout exhausting the land. In Zimbabwe, an El Nino-related drought thr eatens famine for the traditional subsistence farmers of a small villa ge. In France, global competition forces farmers to abandon the harsh, remote Auvergne region, while in Brittany agriculture booms. In China , expanding industry gobbles up the much needed, highly productive, fe rtile farmland. In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a farmer explores alternat ive techniques like no-till farming to preserve some of the world's be st topsoil.

Rating: TVG

Geology
GRADES Sixth Grade-Twelfth Grade
Taping Rights Available until: Aug 31, 2011

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