Listening- Urban Farming
Vocabulary development:
With a partner discuss and research the meanings of the vocabulary words below.
Then listen carefully, to the recording to hear them in context.
| urban rural drought migration climate change slums impoverished urban agriculture vertical farming |
cardboard corrugated tin sewage butchers bakers industry |
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| hungry access to land sub Saharan desert vertical gardens grain sacks structure staples rely on shacks |
settlement water waste water common taps stigma city vs. country wooden hutches cages |
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| compost nutrients urban agriculture population moving degraded soils low tech methods sustainable |
Listening Notes: |
Post Listening
Answer the following questions
1. Describe is a few sentences, urban vs. rural living.
2. Why is vertical farming benefitical?
3.Why are soil and water key factors?
4. Describe the area talked about in the listening.
5. Describe the process of vertical farming, and the material used.