HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Soil Organic Matter, Colony Collapse Disorder
27 Jan 2018
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Sustainable food systems: sustainability, the ability of a system to continue to do what it was designed to do. In the case of our earth: to provide fresh air and clean water, to produce food, to allow satisfactory quality of life. No variation in commodity: using natural gas-based pesticides and genetic modification to manage biological pests (fungi, weeds, insects, replenishing the fertility of the soil with petroleum-based fertilizers, conventional/industrial agriculture. Includes all living matter (animal, plants, insects, soil, water, etc. : biodiversity: Industrialization of food: bega(cid:374) (cid:449)ith i(cid:374)trodu(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of (cid:862)dri(cid:448)e-i(cid:374)(cid:863) restaura(cid:374)ts (cid:894)(cid:1005)9(cid:1007)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s(cid:895, originally, full menus and car hops, mcdonald brothers cut production costs and costs to consumers by, eliminating car hops (people walked in, restricting menu (to burgers and fries) Industrialization of farming and food production may seem cost-efficient until (cid:862)hidde(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:272)osts are (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered: farm, welfare of animals and farmers, degradation soil and water. Introduction of gm crops and animals: farm and food.
