ANT214H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security
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Provide an overall statement of your perspective based on what you have learnt, a description of the film"s content that affected your thinking and address why, and conclude by exploring the meaning you derive from your reflection. (4 pts) Finding a meaningful connection to food or through food (via land, community, etc. ) From the soil (if soil is healthy then food is healthy) Food grows people/animals eat is waste products are posted and returned to the soil that way. In our system, the seldom is returned to the sil but we need chemicals to keep the soil healthy. Industrialized food system has caused the loss in biodiversity -- market is dominated by just a few variety of certain products. Ex, over a century ago there were over a 100 types of tomatoes, now u can find 2 or 3 types in grocery stores. Only farmers markets care about the heirloom varieties of foods.
