To begin this assignment, keep track of and record everything you eat in one day. Be specific and honest. Answer the following questions (either on a computer or in pen/pencil) and attach this completed document to the assignment on BbLearn. Make sure you complete all questions. For the critical thinking questions (below), make sure you are thorough in your answers and write in complete sentences.
BREAKFAST: For breakfast, on September 29, I woke up and drank 2 cups of coffee and then I had some apple slices along with it.
LUNCH: At lunch I had loaded mash potatoes, which came in a bag, that my roommate made and gave me some.
DINNER: After class, I got some dinner at The Works, and ordered penne pasta with pesto, broccoli, spinach, and artichokes.…show more content… I also had some almonds around noon.
Critical Thinking Questions:
1. Which of the four types of subsistence strategies that we discussed in class (foraging, pastoralism, horticulture, or intensive agriculture) most fits with the way that you eat? Why? Include a discussion of what that type of subsistence system is and why your foodways fit within it.
Intensive agriculture fit what I ate the most, because my food was grow in large cooperate own flied, which uses irrigation, and I exchanged money for the food. The land was most likely flattened with terracing.
2. Have you or anyone you know ever practiced other types of subsistence, even on a small scale? Which ones and why?
Yes, when my dad and came back from fishing trips, when I was little, we would cook and eat the fish, witch is why I have practiced foraging.
3. The majority of Americans practice a subsistence system based on intensive agriculture. In your own life, do you witness any of the consequences of IA that we discussed? How
