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#4a: Film Series: Program Questions in Scenes and Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For week 7 I have chosen minutes 5:10-8:20 from \u201cWhy this $300 clam is so important to Native Americans and China\u201d. I have named this scene \u201cFishing Wars\u201d. This scene shows how Native people in Washington were stripped of their land and then denied fishing rights by the state government. I was particularly struck by the footage of Native people protesting these cruel fishing bands and the fish-ins that were held. It was very clear that they were fighting for their lives. The story behind this scene is one of tribes that were thriving prior to settlers coming to Washington being stripped of everything they had and yet continuing to fight back. There is a little hope being shown through Native geoduck farmers today being able to make a living farming their traditional foods. This scene addresses the program question: What criteria exist for assessing the role of agricultural businesses in building communities through food justice and sustainable practices? The scene addresses this question by giving an example of a community that has deep cultural ties to geoduck and are still farming them today despite the challenges they face to have the right to eat their traditional foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Geoduck
Credit: https:\/\/www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca\/species-especes\/profiles-profils\/geoduck-clam-panope-pac-eng.html<\/a>
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Week 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week I have chosen minutes 1:20-3:30 from Zanzibar’s Female Seaweed Farmers. I have named this scene \u201cSeaweed Farmers”. This scene showed female employees on a seaweed farm in Zanzibar. It was explained that this work could be very hard and tiring without a lot of prophet. In the area the farm is located most of the jobs available to women are either seaweed farming or something with tourism. The thing that stood out to me the most about this scene was the workers explaining how challenging the job could be and how it was hard to make much money because of low seaweed prices. Then the scene cut to the white, well-dressed CEO who started explaining how good the working conditions were and how well paid her employees were. I was very struck by this contrast. To me the story this scene tells is one of women who live in an area with few job opportunities for women taking the best job that was available to them, despite the challenges. This scene addresses the program question: Where and how do people raise the foods we are highlighting? The scene addresses this question by highlighting a seaweed farm and showing how they farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seaweed Farmers Harvesting
Credit: Zanzibar’s Female Seaweed Farmers; Helen Joubert – Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company (oclc.org)<\/a>
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#4b: (un)Natural Histories<\/strong>\/Regenerative Ag.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. What impact did the Boldt decision and associated court cases have for Native American rights and access to marine resources in the state of Washington?<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    This decision granted Native people fishing rights in WA that they had been stripped of by the state government. This decision greatly increased Native peoples access to fishing on their own land. It stated that half fish caught are allocated to Native people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. Describe the life cycle of the geoduck (from one adult generation to the next adult generation).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A small percentage of fertilized geoduck eggs make it to adulthood. Those that survive burrow down into the sand, using their foot, where they will stay for the rest of their lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. How can farming geoducks in the Salish Sea improve water quality by removing excess nitrogen from the water?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Geoducks filter the water when it passes through their bodies and eat some of the algae in the water, which removes nitrogen from the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    4. As a climate change mitigation strategy, do you think it is reasonable to claim that geoduck aquaculture releases less carbon dioxide per kg of animal protein than the same quantity of protein derived from land-raised livestock. Why or why not (justify your answer)?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yes I think that is very safe to say. Geoducks are native here and have a positive impact on the local ecosystem. They also are able to get food on their own and do not drink fresh water. Land raised livestock cause a much greater strain on the environment. All of the deforestation alone causes huge amounts of carbon dioxide to be released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    5. Why is plastic used in current geoduck farming methods, and can you imagine an alternate strategy to avoid plastic use in the Salish Sea?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Plastic is put around geoducks to mark where they are under the sand. A possible alternative would be using wood or a compostable material that breaks down very slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    6. Describe the generalized life cycle of a kelp species (from one diploid generation to the next diploid generation).                                                                 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Parents release male and female spores that attach to something and grow into a new plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    7. How can farming seaweed in the Salish Sea improve water quality by removing excess nitrogen from the water?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Seaweed absorbs nutrients, including nitrogen, from the water. This causes the seaweed to remove nitrogen from the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    8. Describe how carbon dioxide emissions are causing ocean acidification.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The large amount of carbon dioxide in the air is getting absorbed by the ocean. All of this Co2 when mixed with ocean water creates carbonic acid which has been causing the ocean to be more acidic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    9. Given acidifying ocean waters, describe how growing seaweed in close proximity to shellfish can improve the ability of shellfish to create their calcium carbonate shells.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    With conditions in the ocean becoming more polluted and acidic the conditions are not ideal for shellfish to create their shells. Seaweed absorbs excess nutrients\/pollutants in the water, making conditions more favorable for shellfish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    10. To scale up seaweed aquaculture as a blue carbon strategy for climate mitigation, describe some of the research, regulatory and\/or market issues that need to be addressed to facilitate scaling up ocean production.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Seaweed and shellfish absorb a lot of toxins that are in the ocean so water quality where they are produced is very important, and clean water is becoming more sparse. There are also a lot of things to work out such as who gets access to what areas to farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    11. To scale up the use of seaweed used in cattle feed as a strategy to reduce bovine methane emissions, describe some of the research, regulatory and\/or market issues for:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A. Seaweed production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To feed all, or even some, of the cattle in the U.S. alone would require a huge increase in production. This would require tons of new infrastructure and space and would be a huge undertaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    B. Animal Feed Production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Seaweed production is not cheap, most likely this would be an added expense for farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    C. Livestock Production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Since adding seaweed to cattle feed would be an added expense that does not directly result in a greater prophet for the farmer, I doubt many big cattle farms would use this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    #4d: Case Study Tasting Research<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    \nNeeded:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n