Chapter 11: National agriculture and food safety policy during the global era

33.    The New Deal and the development of national agricultural policy
a.    What were the New Deal agricultural policies?
b.    What were their aims?
c.    Were they effective (did they result in targeted outcomes)?
d.    What were the institutions (created) to implement these policies?

34.    Agricultural policy after the war and how it changed
a.    What were the national agricultural policies put in place after the War? (hint focus on pre- and post 1970s policies)?
b.    What were their aims?
c.    Were they effective (did they result in targeted outcomes)?
d.    What were the institutions (created) to implement these policies?

35.    The emergence of food safety policy
a.    When did national “food safety policy” develop?
b.    What are the major pieces of legislation that define US food safety policy?
c.    How did they change over time?

36.    The role of state governments in agriculture, food distribution and safety
a.    When did state governments develop agricultural and food policies and institutions?
b.    What roles do the state governments play in agricultural production, distribution and food consumption?
c.    How are cities (the creations of states) treated (or ignored) by state agricultural and food policies?

Chapter 12: The changes in distribution technologies during the global era

37.     The changes in freight technologies
a.    What are the major freight technologies for distribution food in the USA during this period and how do they change?
b.    What is the annual tonnage moved by the different freight categories and how does this change during this period?
c.    What are the technologies advances in freight technologies for food (refrigeration, etc)?

38.    The emergence and growing importance of truck freight
a.    What are types of truck freight technologies during this period and how do they change?
b.    How do aspects of truck related infrastructure change during this period (roads, engines, truck making, etc…) and how do they change during this period?
c.    What is the current state of truck freight for food distribution in the USA and New York City region?

Chapter 13: Food production and in and around New York City and how it changed during the global era

39.    Grains (types of grains, location of production and technologies to produce them)
a.    Where are these items grown in and around New York City and how does this change during this period?
b.    What types of products are commonly provided?
c.    What are the technologies used in the production of these foods and how does they change?

40.    Meats (types of seafood, location of production and technologies to produce them)
a.    Where are these items grown in and around New York City and how does this change during this period?
b.    What types of products are commonly provided?
c.    What are the technologies used in the production of these foods and how do they change?

41.    Seafood and shellfish(types of seafood and technologies to hunt and gather them)
a.    Where are these items hunted in and around New York City and how does they change?
b.    What types of fish were commonly provided?
c.    What were the technologies used in the production of these foods and how does they change?

42.    Vegetables and fruits (types of fruits and vegetables, location of production and technologies to produce them)
a.    Where are these items grown in and around New York City and how does this change during this period?
b.    What types of products are commonly provided?
c.    What are the technologies used in the production of these foods and how do they change?

43.    Beverages  (production and types of beverages and how they changed during this period)
a.    What are the common drinks of this period and how do they change?
b.    Where and how are these products made?
c.    What are the technologies used in the production of these foods and how do they change?

44.    Food imports and exports (the types and amounts of food that were imported and exported during this period)
a.    What foods are imported and exported from the city/country during this period?
b.    What are the volumes of food trade and how does they change?
c.    How were these activities related to port growth and change in New York City and the region?

Chapter 14: Urban food markets in New York City and how they changed during the global era

45.    Breads, grains, etc (processing and production of breads and grains, location of markets and how this changed during the early years)
a.    Where are the markets for these products and how did their location change during this period?
b.    What are these markets like?
c.    How does the food get to the market?
d.    What technologies are involved in processing food for marketing?

46.    Meats (processing and delivery of meats, market locations and how this changed during this period)
a.    Where are the markets for these products and how did their location change during this period?
b.    What are these markets like?
c.    How does the food get to the market?
d.    What technologies are involved in processing food for marketing?

47.    Seafood and shellfish (processing and delivery of seafood, market location and how they changed during this period)
a.    Where are the markets for these products and how did their location change during this period
b.    What are these markets like?
c.    How does the food get to the market?
d.    What technologies are involved in processing food for marketing?

48.    Vegetables and fruits (processing and delivery of vegetables and fruits, markets and how they changed during this period)
a.    Where were are markets for these products and how did their location change during this period?
b.    What are these markets like?
c.    How does the food get to the market?
d.    What technologies are involved in processing food for marketing?

49.    Beverages (processing and sale of beverages and how it changed during this period)
a.    Where are the markets for these products and how did their location change over this period?
b.    What are these markets like?
c.    How did the beverages get to the market?
d.    What technologies were involved in processing beverages for marketing?

Chapter 7: Early national agricultural policy

18.    Policy for research, education and extension during the early period and how it changed
a.    What are the national policies for agricultural research and how did they develop?
b.    What are the policies for agricultural education (colleges and extension services) and how did they develop?

19.    Policy for farm credit and marketing during the early period
a.    What are the national policies for farm credit and food price controls and how did they develop?
b.    What is parity and how does it affect food production?

Chapter 8: Early technologies for the distribution of food during the industrial era

20.     Pre-civil war technologies for food distribution (canals and carts)
a.    What were the technologies for the distribution of food prior to the civil war?
b.    What tonnage (annually) was used/moved by each of these technologies?
c.    How did they change over time?

21.     Rail and barge freight and how this changed the geography of food production and consumption
a.    What are the technologies used for food distribution during this period of time?
b.    What tonnage (annually) was used/moved by each of these technologies?
c.    How did they change over time?

Chapter 9: Food production and in and around New York City and how it changed during the industrial era

22.    Grains, vegetables and fruits (types of grains, location of production and technologies to produce them) and how they changed during this period
a.    Where were these items grown in and around New York City and how did this change?
b.    What types of products were commonly provided?
c.    What were the technologies used in the production of these foods and how did they change?

23.    Meats (types of meats, location of production and technologies to produce them) and how they changed during this period
a.    Where were these items grown in and around New York City and how did this change?
b.    What types of products were commonly provided?
c.    What were the technologies used in the production of these foods and how did they change?

24.    Fish seafood (types of seafood and technologies to hunt and gather them) and how they changed during this period
a.    Where were these items hunted in and around New York City and how did they change?
b.    What types of fish were commonly provided?
c.    What were the technologies used in the production of these foods and how did they change?

25.    Shellfish (types of shellfish and technologies to hunt, gather and produce them)and how they changed during this period
a.    Where were these items caught in and around New York City?
b.    Did the location of oyster bed hunting/production change during this period and if so, how?
c.    What were the technologies used in the production of these foods and how did they change?

26.    Beverages  (production and types of beverages and how they changed during this period)
a.    What were the common drinks of this period and how did they change?
b.    Where and how were these products made?
c.    What were the technologies used in the production of these foods and how did they change?

27.    Food imports and exports (the types and amounts of food that were imported and exported during this period)
a.    What foods were imported and exported from the city/country during this period?
b.    What were the volumes of trade and how did they change?
c.    How were these activities related to port growth in New York?

Chapter 10: Urban food markets in New York City and how they changed during the industrial era

28.    Breads, grains, etc (processing and production of breads and grains, location of markets and how this changed during the early years)
a.    Where were the early markets for these products and how did their location change
b.    What were these markets like?
c.    How did the food get to the market?
d.    What technologies were involved in processing food for marketing?

29.    Meats (processing and delivery of meats, market locations and how this changed during this period)
a.    Where were the early markets for these products and how did their location change
b.    What were these markets like?
c.    How did the food get to the market?
d.    What technologies were involved in processing food for marketing?

30.    Seafood and shellfish (processing and delivery of seafood, market location and how they changed during this period)
a.    Where were the early markets for these products and how did their location change
b.    What were these markets like?
c.    How did the food get to the market?
d.    What technologies were involved in processing food for marketing?

31.    Vegetables and fruits (processing and delivery of vegetables and fruits, markets and how they changed during this period)
a.    Where were the early markets for these products and how did their location change
b.    What were these markets like?
c.    How did the food get to the market?
d.    What technologies were involved in processing food for marketing?

32.    Beverages (processing and sale of beverages and how it changed during this period)
a.    Where were the markets for these products and how did their location change
b.    What were these markets like?
c.    How did the beverages get to the market?
d.    What technologies were involved in processing beverages for marketing?