EUS 202 Lecture Notes - Sustainability, Compost, Local Food

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Environment and Urban Sustainability
• Course: EUS 202
• Professor: Christopher Greene

Document Summary

Shift to manufacturing: ^urban areas & ^ farm size (from depopulation) Green revolution: more food from fewer people innovations: ^yield seeds, synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, water management: chemical companies = warfare after wwii local food=>central/industrial/corporate system. Energy lost: energy-intensive farming practice, long distance transportation, processing. Distance from field to consumer: farm to processing, processing to storage, storage to vendors, vendors to consumer. Locavore benefits: ^effect on local economies, ^food security reduce ghg emissions. Calculation avoided: ghg"s produced through entire lifecycle & discrimination with modes of transportation. Developing nations: economy relies on agricultural reports. Negative externalities related to north american food system. Pollution (i. e. pesticides & fertilizers) threats to biodiversity (i. e. gmo"s & non-native species) Protect & enhance land quality of food. ^environmental conditions: reduce pollution/ghg/chemical fertilizer & pesticides. What can be grown (i. e. ban on backyard chicken in tdot) Regulation & infrastructure/programs for recovers & composting food waste.