GEOG 132- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 42 pages long!)
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Spatial colonization: the food that yields high profit is located at the front/center; the foodscape with aggressi(cid:448)ely pro(cid:373)oted high fat/high sugar (cid:862)pseudo foods. (cid:863) ; the way in which differential profit affects the geography of the foodscape. Jayaraman reading: two key ways to reverse trend of low-cost business model of food stores that has led to dramatic wage declines in food retail sector: policy recommendations, raise wages for food retail workers. Food retail workers should not live in poverty and should be able to afford sufficient, healthy food to eat. Teosinte corn: nitrogen based bombs led to the development of artificial nitrogen, ddt was the hero of its generation, green revolution, planting monocultures, led to catastrophes. Implanting bacteria and virus: monsanto found a bacteria, cut out a sequence of dna that is resistant to round up, using e. coli bacteria, promoter gene = cauliflower virus.
