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Our case study for this topic is Home farm near Birmingham. An alternative case study can be seen below;
Activities
Visit the Face Online website, it has lots of different farm profiles that you can explore. If you follow this link to Bradley Farm, you can complete the following;
1. Complete the table below on the factors affecting Bradley Farm;
Human factors affecting the farm |
Physical factors affecting the farm |
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2. What type of farming happens on this farm? Use the list of farm types to help you.
3. Why is this farm limited to this type of farming? Which factors prevent other types of farming?
4. How does the European Union affect the farming that occurs on the farm?
5. Calculate the budget for this farm using this excel sheet.
6. Should farmers have to diversify to survive?
7. Find out more about diversification
8. Farming in The European Union matching key terms exercise
Video
What is the message of this YouTube cartoon about the European Union
Budget? To what extent do you agree with its message? |
Watch the borders of Europe change throughout History |