Unit 2: Food Production Flashcards
(31 cards)
Where does food come from
farm
food processor
- where it’s cleaned
distributor
-transporter
seller
organic farmers
grow plants and animals in sustainable ways
non-organic farmers can use organic approaches
soil management
farmers work hard to improve land so precious top soil does not erode i
horiculture
science of growing fruits and vegetables
aquaculture
farming of aquatic organisms
water managements
protecting water
food accessibility changes in farming
then; preserve foods for winter
now: can store longer and grow all year round
harvesting grains changes in farming
- Then: basic tools used to harvest farms, small farms, only feed 5 people
- Now: technology in equipment, more farm and feeds more than 120 people
managing pests changes in farming
- Then: helpless
* Now: treatments
soil preservations changes in farming
- Then: made soil less fertile and topsoil more susceptible to being washed away
- Now: Farmers leave stalks and roots from last year’s crop on surface to keep nutrients
milking cows changes in farming
- Then: stool and bucket only 1,000 liters of milk per year
* Now: can produce 8,500 liters of milk a year, use robots to milk and feed
farming technology changes in farming 6
- Use GPS technology
- Advance seeds
- Monitoring tools for monitoring animals
- Irrigation systems for watering crops
- Robotic milkers-milk cows
- Vertical farming (hydroponic farming)
What are environmental contaminants
• Pollutants, toxic metals, and contaminants from packaging
what is organic farming
• Organic farming: farming without the use of certain pesticides, fertilizers, antibiotics growth hormones, and genetically modified organisms.
4 Canadian organic standards
health
- should enhance health of soil, plants, humans, and planet
Ecology
- work with and sustain ecosystems
Fairness
-built on relationships with regard to environmental and life opportunities
Care
- for people and environment
when can you put a label that say organic on
if 70-95% is organic but not logo
when can you put organic logo on
if 95% is organic
When can you not claim organic
if irradiated, GMO, or grown with certain fertilizers
How to do GMO animals vs plants
animals ;
use fine needle to inject solution of DNA into embryo
Plants;
use particle gun to shoot small metal coated with genes into plant
In impossible burger the ingredient used to taste like blood
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some concerns with GMOS
o Monopoly
Few companies with money to make them
o Patents and suicide seeds
Increases costs
o Contamination
Of GMO with regular food
o Environmental
GMO jumping to neighboring crops
o Risk to human health
Non evidence
how many GMOs are approved in Canada and what law are they under
140
novel law
climate smart agriculture
actions to change agriculture system to ensure food security during climate change
global climate support for farmers
support for farmers to prepare and adapt to climate change
