ANTHROP 2AN3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Golden Rice, Industrial Revolution
19 Feb 2020
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You are a nutritional anthropologist delivering a speech at the food and agricultural. The first line of your speech is: our current food system, based on agriculture and food as a globalized commodity, is both a blessing and a curse. please continue to write the speech. Commodification: making something into an item that can be exchanged for money. We have shifted from being producers to food consumers. The green revolution was able to increase the world"s grain supplies and countries that had regular famines were able to hold grain reserves in supply for lean years. In the 19th century, agriculture began along with the industrial revolution. In north america, 15-20% of all farms produced 80% of agricultural produce. Agribusiness proved to be efficient and enabled more people to move away from food production. Technology to preserve food: temperature, removal of water and oxygen, chemical preservatives and irradiation.
