AAE 320FALL 2014

Nitrogen and Agriculture

Let’s Talk About It!

Articles/Videos

1. A Brief History of Our Deadly Addiction to Nitrogen Fertilizer (Mother Jones)

2. Helping Farmers Fight Ecological Dead Zones (Environmental Defense Fund)

3. How Drones Could Limit Fertilizer Flow into Lake Erie (Detroit Public TV Video)

4. Ecosystems: Down on the Farm (Environmental Defense Fund Video)

Questions to Consider

What grabbed your attention when reading the article/watching the video?

What is the point of the article/video?What does the author want farmers to

do?

What kind of regulations should we have for agricultural nitrogen use?