SOC 808- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 14 pages long!)
5 Oct 2017
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Two food revolutions: 15,000 -5,000 bc, since wwii. Second revolution: fordism: mass production and consumption (the assembly line model, consumerism: where commodity acquisition is a primary and perpetual source of meaning and purpose, mechanization, chemicalization and biological manipulations minimized risks in agriculture, corn! Largest crop in the us subsidies. Food and fuel fossil fuels and machines (90% production of food requires fuel) Environmental impacts corn fertilizer in the us creating dead zones in the water (gulf of mexico), nothing can survive. Monocultures (huge pieces of land producing one thing. Biofuel production (growing corn and transferring it to fuel) 85% of all water goes to growing food in the us (mostly corn) Food supply chain: distancing (average plate of food everyday travels 1,500 miles, (cid:858)off the far(cid:373)(cid:859) do(cid:373)i(cid:374)a(cid:374)t (cid:858)middle spa(cid:272)es(cid:859, consumption over production, public vs. corporate interest, health marginalized. Farmers market, small stores or directly from farmer. Start growing more food, mass production (getting enough food and calories to people)
