ENVS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Food Sovereignty, Overproduction, Agroecology

• School: York University
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ENVS 1000
• Professor: Peter Timmerman

Document Summary

Food, air and water is a public good. The 5 a"s of effective food system: available - sufficient supply, accessible effective distribution, acceptable culturally acceptable/nutritionally adequate, appropriate ecologically sustainable/safe, agency enables actions. If the food syste(cid:373) works properly, it"s a (cid:272)losed loop syste(cid:373) of produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374), (cid:272)o(cid:374)su(cid:373)ptio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d re(cid:272)y(cid:272)li(cid:374)g. Definition (google): is the study of ecological processes that operate in agricultural production systems. Bringing ecological principles to bear in agroecosystems can suggest novel management approaches that would not otherwise be considered. Use design and management procedures that work with natural processes. Value-added to extract consumer dollar, homogenize taste. Does not provide many actors (farmers) with a decent living; highly inequitable distribution of benefits. Hoes not respect food cultures and commensality. Creates divisions between rural and urban; producer and eater. Compromises food systems of the global south. Overproduction and over consumption of animal product. More people trying to reclaim a real shopping experience (eg. farmers markets)