GGR107H1 Chapter : 6.3.docx”.pdf
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6. 3 agrarian questions: farming food chains and globalization. Globalization: integration of systems among geographically dispersed places. The industrial model of farming includes a specialization of labour. Lettuce has been transformed from 1950-1980 through intensification, shift to more investment in intensified crops and restructuring. Appropriationism: where agriculture is replaced with industrial agriculture. Dietary changes have occurred increasing amount of highly processed foods. Salmon farming in chile occurs mostly in chiloe. Since the 1990s salmon farming has grown rapidly. The eggs are harvested in a hatchery and grown. Cook picks up a recent trend in food geography following the food. His paper shows the complex and entangled nature of global food supply chains. Highlighted between people and places involved to get to the consumer. However this could lead to many diseases such as mad cow disease or bird flu. Another concern involves fair trade and environmental sustainability.
