GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Nature One, Fusion Cuisine
8 Jan 2014
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Who eats what, where, why and how food definition. Primary economic activity: hunting, fishing, farming (3 basic sources of food) Farming takes up most of the land. Agriculture most important economic activity (250 million farmers worldwide) Human enterprise (1000 different types of plants) there are key ones. 1/3 of planet involved in agriculture (production) About 40% of population worldwide involved in agriculture (about 2% in canada) Canada is part of the food export (we export more than we import) In the whole long history time frame, agriculture is fairly new, it was learned and invented. 1st agriculture revolution: began 10 000 years ago nourishment i) makes it more reliable food source ii) enables us to derive more food value than what nature supply"s (increase supply) For example: don"t eat wheat or flour talk what nature provides and makes accessible. Ox is a castrated bull: force animal to grow bigger, stronger pull heavy plows. Veal male holstering (black and white cow)
