ES 200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Food Security, Food Policy, Crop Rotation

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ES 200
• Professor: Hilperts Ryan

Document Summary

Ecological restoration: the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed. Ecological restoration would address many of the problems which stem from our current food system. Ecosystems damaged by food production (e. g. mono-cropping) could be recovered through the reintroduction of native species. Also, once the biodiversity of a region is restored, it enables locals to benefit from the results (such as improved water quality or fertile soil upon which new crop can be grow. The enclosure movement created an imbalance of equality among the farmer and the land-owners. Wealthy people built fences around properties and forced the farmers off their land so that the rich could make way for more profitable use of the land (such as sheep pastures). As a result, commoners were left without food security or a home for their families. Describe the following phenomena that shape our current food system: fences distinguish ownership of property.