Quiz 3 (The food system & sustainability)

Question 1

What is the food system

Answer 1

A general term referring to the global web of interconnections and the continuo process of interactions. (resources, people, organisations, government, organisms, the climate)

• highly interdependent

Question 2

Systemic food problems

Answer 2

1. unfair wages
2. reliance on weather/ climate
3. Negative impact on weather/ climate
4. racism and oppression in production and service.
5. increased sensitivity to food prices due to political fluctuations
6. effect of global emergencies (ex. covid)
7. inability to produce enough food to meet the worlds needs.
8. agricultural intensification
9. Desertification

Question 3

Agricultural intesification

Answer 3

Increasing the use of agricultural resources like seeds, labour, fertilisers, pesticides, technologies, knowledge to increase product yeild from a farm.

Question 4

Desertification

Answer 4

A process by which fertile lands become desert; this can be due to desertification, drought or inappropriate agriculture methods

Question 5

Evan Frasers ideas for better food production

Answer 5

• Science and technology
• Change in distribution (animals, ethanol, waste)
• Support farmers and local food systems
• Stronger regulation from the government

Question 6

Relocalization

Answer 6

Reducing the distance between food and the eater.
- Small scale farming and growing
- Artisan processing
- Family business
- Traditional skills
- Improved relationships with food

Question 7

Innovative food production

Answer 7

• Hydroponics, the growth of greens without the use of pesticides and herbicides, minimal water use, no soil
• Lab grown meats
• Artificial intelligence
• Robotic involvement (picking crops at perfects time for the least amount of waste)

Question 8

Affects of sustainability on food

Answer 8

• Soil health
• Ocean health/fishing
• Environmental health of ecosystems
• Financial health, economy

Question 9

4 Principles for sustainability

Answer 9

1. not subtracting from the earths crust (mining, drilling)
2. not increasing concentrations of substances produced by society
3. not increasing degredation of nature
4. people are ot subject to conditions that undermine their capacity to meet their needs