BIOC61H3 Lecture : Lecture 5

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We discussed running out of crop space to grow food for the human race. I mentioned the use of human high rise structures (vertical gardening) to furnish food on site and bypass the need to transport food items and eliminate the need for tractors etc. It sounds ridiculous at first but it is not and it has to be entertained to serve human and livestock needs. One has to be aware that we are encroaching of every type of eco system on earth and the most land intense activity is land agriculture. The concept of the ecological footprint should be revisited in your minds. Who remember how that was defined? the biggest part of this equation is agriculture production and. Ecological footprint furnish materials i. e. pulp and paper materials calculated on a per capita basis. Remember the number for the average canadian is over 4. 27 hectares/capita.

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