PSYC 391 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: The 100-Mile Diet, Food Miles, Free Trade
7 Nov 2014
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Today"s lecture: this is a broad issue, research tends to look at people"s attitudes towards it. Alisa smith and jb mackinnon (2007: since the publication of this book (100 mile diet), the issue with food has increased, vancouverites --> vancouver is a good place for this b/c there"s a lot of variety within the. However : focusing on ghg only ignores other issues, monoculture. Small farms tend to grow more than one thing. What is localization or localism: building connected local communities, lots of relationship with each other, trust in neighbours & community, ex. What is globalization: global culture, interconnectivity, sharing of knowledge, sounds good but what kind of connection are you making, came about due to advances in communication, transportation, shipping, ex. Coordinating business exchange with paris: global economy, efficiency and growth. Raise sheep efficiently in nz than uk, then let"s raise all our sheep in nz.
