GGR111H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Sustainable Agriculture, Plants And Animals, Organic Food
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Missed class last week prof did continuation and start of new slides sustainable agriculture. Heirloom varieties plants & animals ( purple and yellow potato) Limited genetic engineering (depends on how you are creating organic) Corporate control inputs/outputs, research agenda ( push for large scale farming) Cheap food focus ( means we have more money for other things) ex. Washing machine energy efficient or non energy efficient. Costs to the environment ( true cost pricing) Exploitation of labor ( no regulation of wedges ex california there will be a lot of illegal labor) More people would buy it reduce food prices damand increase and prices would decline. The power of the consumer a force for change. * there is a substansal change taking place. * a lot more stores carrying organic foods. Consumer knowledge ( we don"t know what we are eating)
