As the human population continues to grow, we can expect landscapes to continue to change to meet humankind’s survival needs. However, with limited land available for conversion, we face a global challenge of balancing production of food, fiber, and fuel with protection of valuable natural resources and stable ecosystems. In this lesson, students are challenged to examine this challenge through the lens of a modern Midwest American farm family. The balancing of human and environmental needs is known as “sustainable development,” but the term “sustainable” can have many meanings. Students will compare their ideas of “sustainability” with what “sustainability” means to farmers. In agriculture, many farmers are adopting more sustainable or regenerative practices to balance social, economic, and environmental values.