1. In the Botany of Desire, what was the advantage and disadvantage of Johnny Appleseed’s approach to introducing apples in North America?
2. What is a monoculture? What are the disadvantages of monoculture? Given the disadvantages why do you think that most foods are produced in this way? In other words what are the advantages of monoculture?
3. What common foods do we eat that are not produced in some way by humans? Do you think that it would be possible for humans to survive eating only these kinds of foods? Why or why not?
4. What role did humans play in creating the sweet apple that we have today? Do some research and find another common food item that, like the apple, is a human creation. What is the story of your foods domestication/development?
