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Garden of Eden Longer Answer Questions Prepare answers for some or all of these questions. Work in pairs or small groups. Make notes on a separate sheet of paper. Share your answers with the whole class. |
| 1. | How does the Sterile Insect Release program help to eliminate the codling moth? |
| 2. | Why did the government set up the fruit packing schools in British Columbia in the 1910s? |
| 3. | Name some of the technological changes in the apple industry over the last 100 years. |
| 4. | What happened during the Depression years of the 1930s that hurt many Okanagan Valley orchardists? |
| 5. | How have irrigation techniques changed over the last 100 years? |
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Discussion Questions |
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| 1. | What do you think about the practice of spraying pesticides on apple trees? |
| 2. | Do you think we should buy British Columbia apples even if they cost more than ones grown elsewhere? Why or why not? |
| 3. | Do you think the government should subsidize apple growers? Why or why not? |
| 4. | The agricultural land reserve is a government policy that says people living on agricultural land, such as orchards, cannot sell their land to developers or develop it themselves. The land must stay in agricultural use. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this policy? |
| 5. | Would you like to own or work on an orchard? Why or why not? |
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