NATS 1560 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Food Security, World Trade Organization, Environmental Policy
4 Oct 2016
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Organized society arose fro the need of food production and management. The food and beverage processing industry in canada. Second largest manufacturing manufacturing industry in canada. Every country aims to protect its farmers and manufacturers by promoting the export of their products while limiting the import of good from abroad. Trade barriers: tariffs, import bans and quotas. Protectionist policies have been applied by all industrial countries ti foster their own growth. Protest march at the wto ministerial conference in seattle. Lee kyung haes memorial at wto ministerial conference in hong kong 2005. Food security: the to be free from hunger. Organic farming started in 1960s as grassroots movement. Grown together with environmentalist and social justice. Now the fastest growing sector of food industry. Plants grown without pesticides, artificial fertilizers, sewage sludge. Animals grown without antibiotics and hormones, fed organic. Scientist are trained professionals who test theories against data in a systematic way.
