SOC349H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Food Desert, Agrochemical, Food Security
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There are enough food to feed for everyone but it is not well distributed. Economic factors: low income (does not meet low education and lack of employment) Incomes out of pace with cost of living. Food costs rise, oil prices rise, agri-chemicals costs. Tenants protection act is related to the increase in the visit to food bank. Land access: land was concentrated among the elites (brazil) Food for local consumption to food, flowers, tobacco for export. Low income areas which is also racialized often have little access to grocery stores. Sajana: physical factors because income factor is not as crucial as physical factors in term of getting food: can you think of an example of a food desert, food bank and food aid. It may be beneficial or may not be. Dumping: when donor country gives aid to dispose of surpluses in own country and this can undercut farers in recipient country.
