HREQ 1040 Lecture 18: Power and Society - Lecture #18
6 Mar 2017
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Human body is part of the environment. Every living thing makes an impact on the environment. Mass production and mass consumption cause a worse impact on the environment. Ecological footprint - the earth has a carrying capacity and its being overloaded. Modern age where foods have been commodified - not all are bad but still make an impact. Those in power constructed a society where we want sugar and beef. Corporate control of food is a human rights problem. Acceptable loss: its okay if they"re killing people, if they"re making a profit and do well. Deal with our complex relationship with food, can cause guilt and conflicted emotions, need to look at food as a commodity. Food is a basic part of survival - necessity for life. Traditional vs industrial forms of food production - used to eat parts of the environment or gardens. Involve the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides - before ww2 used natural methods.
