References:

Photos:
A grain harvesting Combine:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combine_harvester#/media/File:Torum_740_Rostselmash.jpg
An example of a multi level (vertical) farm:
http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/torontosection.jpg
Wheat:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat#/media/File:Wheat_close-up.JPG
Roundup, a common herbicide containing Glyphosate:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/~/media/Images/MEN/Editorial/Articles/Magazine%20Articles/2005/1001/Hazards%20of%20the%20Worlds%20Most%20Common%20Herbicide/212-020-Gazette-1-CMYK.jpg
A Sprayer used for spreading fertilizer/pesticides
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprayer#/media/File:Fully_unfolded_spray_boom.jpg
Urea, a form of Nitrogen fertilizer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urea#/media/File:Sample_of_Urea.jpg

Source

Evaluation of source

Response

Main Idea

Wheat Sector Profile - Part One:

Overview (November 2010) Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada (AAFC). (2013).
Agr.gc.ca. Retrieved 5 June 2016,
from
http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/industry
-markets-and-trade/statistics-andmarket-information/by-productsector/crops/crops-marketinformation-canadianindustry/market-outlookreport/wheat-sector-profile-partone-overview-november-2010/?
id=1378843495280

Website is likely factual

information, source is from
the government of canada. No
biases because it is just a
database of statistics

How close are most

farmlands? Are
farmlands
concentrated or spread
out

In Canada, 10
million Hectares
of land are used
for wheat
farming

the agricultural sciences. (2016).

Encyclopedia Britannica.
Retrieved 5 June 2016, from
http://www.britannica.com/scienc
e/agricultural-sciences#toc11675

The encyclopedia Brittanica is What fuel does

an unbiased source for factual machinery use other
information
than Diesel?

Wheat is grown
mainly in the
prairie provinces,
Alberta,
Saskatchewan
and Manitoba

Advances in
Agricultural
engineering
include farm
mechanisation,
the use of
Tractors, field
machinery and

other equipment
Government of Alberta, A.
(2016). Wheat Nutrition and
Fertilizer Requirements:
Nitrogen. Www1.agric.gov.ab.ca.
Retrieved 5 June 2016, from
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/
$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/crop
1273

The source is from the

government of alberta. The
only bias is that it only
contains the benefits of using
Nitrogen fertilizer (Urea).

How are Nitrate

fertilizers made? What
are the dangers of
Nitrogen fertilizer?

Nitrate fertilizers
are widely used
in agriculture.
Nitrogen is
important to the
proteins of the
plant

The Sources and Solutions:

Agriculture | Nutrient Pollution |
US EPA. (2016). Epa.gov.
Retrieved 5 June 2016, from
https://www.epa.gov/nutrientpollu
tion/sources-and-solutionsagriculture

The source is from the US

environmental protection
agency. It gives the pros of
fertilizers (nutrients) and also
the cons. It contains factual
feasable advice

How can Nitrogen

Cover crops and
negatively affect water Buffer crops can
bodies?
reduce the
impact of
nitrogen fertilizer
on water bodies
by preventing
runoff and
erosion. If it is
widely applied
by many farmers,
the loss of
aquatic life in
water bodies can
be reduced

Sky Farm Proposed for

Downtown Toronto. (2016).
TreeHugger. Retrieved 5 June
2016, from
http://www.treehugger.com/sustai
nable-product-design/sky-farmproposed-for-downtowntoronto.html

TreeHugger.com looks like a

simple blog site. There is a
bias as they dont mention the
cost of the project and the
feasability

What is the cost of this

project? How many
buildings would we
need to replace the
current farmlands.

FAO - Water Development and

Management Unit - Crop Water
Information: Wheat. (2016).
Fao.org. Retrieved 5 June 2016,
from
http://www.fao.org/nr/water/cropi
nfo_wheat.html

The Food and Agriculture

How much rainfall
Organization is part of the UN does wheat need to
and is a source for factual
survive on average?
information. I can assume
there are no biases.

Wheat can
generally survive
on rainfall only

Interesting Water Facts. (2016).

Oldham County Water District.
Retrieved 5 June 2016, from

The source is from a county in What kind of wheat is

Kentucky, USA. Its not clear measured? What
if the source can be trusted or counts as using water?

A single bushel
of wheat needs
on average 11000

Vertical farms
rely on artificial
light and are 45* more efficient
than normal
farms. By
making the farm
vertical, this one
plot of land is
able to produce
the same amount
of crops as many
individual farms

http://www.oldhamcountywater.c
om/interesting-water-facts.html

if there are biases

How was this

information gathered?

gallons of water
(41,640 litres) to
produce one
bushel of wheat

mr.mesentery@gmail.com, T.
(2016). Canadian Biodiversity:
Ecozones: Prairies.
Canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca.
Retrieved 5 June 2016, from
http://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.
ca/english/ecozones/prairies/prairi
es.htm

Mcgill University is a source I

can trust as it is a renown
university. There is no bias in
the source as it does not have
any opinions

Which species are in

danger? What are the
effects of agriculture
on these animals?

Most of the
prairies were
converted to
farmland, the
prairies have a
variety of
wildlife

Parks Canada - Grasslands

National Park - Endangered
Species and Spaces. (2014).
Pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 5 June 2016,
from http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pnnp/sk/grasslands/natcul/natcul3.as
px

I can assume info is factual

because of the government
source. It does not have clear
biases

How many
endangered species are
there? How does
habitat loss affect the
numbers of animals?

The prairies have

become one of
the most
endangered
biomes in the
world. Plains
Bison, Yellow
Bellied Racers
and Greater
Short Horned
Lizards are
examples of
endangered
species.