SOC 808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Agribusiness, Profit Margin, Greenhouse Gas
Document Summary
Minimally processed foods for addition to process - oil. Ultra processed- already package and ready to eat. Economic system privately owned and controlled autonomous capitalism the main ideology behind food production in this era not food as a public good units of production hire wage workers to produce commodities the sake of maximizing profit. Viewing the economy as part of a larger system 5 capitals. Externalities are social, environmental and economic costs or benefits from an economic party. Pesticide exposure housing condition job security economic eg. the second great food revolution food production global industrial agriculture. Total number of farms declined dramatically fragility in agriculture system what are the conseqences of second agricultural revolution in canada. # of farmers (and an ageing demographic of farmers) increased debt. Dependence on short-term profit decreased crop in high financial return resilience have lower profit margin put money back into company.
