GG102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, Virtual Water, Precision Agriculture
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Gg102 class 9 globalized food and water chapter 8. Outline: examples of refashioned agricultural landscapes and ecosystems, how are good and (virtual) water becoming globalized? (mechanisms, what drives the globalization of food and water? (causes, globesity paradox, concentration. Only 20% of antibiotics produced are given to humans; 80% to farm animals for disease. Battery factory chickens kept in cage half the size of piece of paper vs free run. Greenhouses in netherlands & spain lower cost; predictable production. Pork barns 1 story; chicken farms 2-3 stories. Modern agriculture robots who milk and feed the cows. Cafo (concentrated animal feeding operation) beef cows. Gps guides autonomous harvester on permanent tracks (2cm overlap) Requires large land holdings popular in europe. Converting factories/storage facilities into greenhouses w/ no soil and artificial lighting. (cid:862)la(cid:374)d-grabbi(cid:374)g(cid:863) modern core methods moved to peripheral countries. Competitiveness is achieved through profit maximizing or cost minimizing.
