HTM 2740 Study Guide - Final Guide: Grocery Store, Microsoft Powerpoint, Canning

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Course: HTM 2740
• Professor: Dr. Erna van Duren

Document Summary

Culture is the glue that holds people together. Culture is the social behaviour and understanding among members of a group or society. Includes customs, traditions, attitudes and values of a group society. Physical and human environment people have no control over the physical, but it can be influenced to create the human environment. Social and political organization corporate culture. Technology physical aids that help improve a cultures environment (ie. solves problems). Environment in which we produce and consume food is shaped by interaction of natural factors. (ex. Physical location, climate, biology all influence my ability to have blueberries for breakfast. ) Human created factors include infrastructure, knowledge, and specific built environments. Farming is a human created factors and natural factors. Markets are a huge part of the food system. Food environments exist for agricultural and other forms of production. Markets and other forms of exchange food- but not all. Buying, preparing, eating, and other forms of consumption.