When you buy food in the supermarket, are you reminded of a farm? Not likely. The meat is carved into pieces that no longer resemble an animal and wrapped in paper or plastic film. Often the vegetables are canned or frozen. The milk and eggs are in cartons. Take a stroll down the aisles of your local gas station and you will notice a newly created world of goods full of preservatives and artificial ingredients. Where do these goods come from? How do they reach us? What factors influence production and consumption of these foods?

As an introduction to our agriculture unit you will research TWO of your favorite foods and answer the following questions for each:
• Where and how are they produced?
• How do these foods reach the consumer?
• What factors influence our production and consumption of the foods you selected?

Choose the description that best matches each word. write the correct letter in the blank. 1. ostinato a. large, extended composition for chorus and orchestra 2. atonality b. full orchestra 3. musicology c. festive, march-like opening to a play or “semi-opera” 4. concerto d. small group of solo instruments 5. minimalism e. music contrasting a full orchestra and solo instruments 6. art song f. music played under the action to influence the mood 7. strophic form g. a vocal song focusing on artistic expression 8. incidental h. each stanza of a poem is set to the same music 9. oratorio i. repeated musical pattern that provides unity to a piece 10. dissonance j. steady beat; simple harmonies; short, repetitive melody 11. concertino k. harsh, unstable sounding of pitches; harmonic tension 12. tutti l. all 12 tones of chromatic scale, no tonal center 13. entrada m. the historical and scientific study of music