[ENVI 101] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (20 pages long!)
7 Feb 2017
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How has this contributed to health problems in the u. s. a. : sugars, fats, and salts have become more available due to mass produced foods and monoculture crops. This has increased health problems in the usa because our bodies are not meant to have such high content of these nutrients. What are food deserts: an urban area where people have little or no easy access to nutritious food without traveling long distances. Why did modern agriculture create a divide between people and the environment: agriculture was used to create civilizations and now we have technology, there is no connection to the crops grown and the people who eat it. Mass production has taken away that connection with the land. What was the most significant development, technologically, of modern agriculture: the haber bosch process allowed us to add man made nitrogen into the natural system as synthetic fertilizers, allowing crops to grow more and faster.
