GGR287H5 Lecture Notes - Food Miles, Environmental Security, Veterinary Medicine
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Ggr287 week 11 lecture - policy controversies iii: urban agriculture, locavorism. Utm - 2009 pumpkin carving contest entry (geography) New zealand (global) burger & canada (local) burger. He has many better things to do in life but his wife made him write the book: the call of local. Why don"t local food movements ever last: historical perspective. Urban agriculture driven out land more valuable for other uses. Public health concerns increased wealth (less incentives) Development of new areas & new products. Outcome #1: transportation + >preservation = regional specialization. Autarkia - self-sufficiency (free from trade: five myths of locavorism. Customers would purchase it without marketing campaigns. Distance traveled by food - measure of its environmental impact. From (> distance - > evil) farmer/grower transformation. Key lesson (ireland) : >trade = > security. When food aid is delivered, from monoculture producers to subsistence farmers. Key argument: transportation - produce loses taste/nutritional quality. But preservation/transportation technologies matter than where food is produced
