| GMO's/Organic | Globalization | Types of Farming | Food security | Definitions |
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Genetically Modified Organism
What does GMO stand for?
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The binding together of all lands and peoples of th world into an integrated system driven by capatilitic free markets.
Define Globalization
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Substistence Farming: Farmers who grow corps and raise livestock, usually on smal holdings to meet the immediate food needs of their families.
Cash Crop: Farming which specializes in producing only a few products for sale in world and local markets.
Define subsistence and Cash crop farming
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Food born illnesses
What does FBI stand for?
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Land that is capable of farming
Define Arable Land
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Farming with the exclusion of herbicides and pesticides. Natural Farming between soil plants and animals.
Define organic Farming
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- Food Markets
- Technology - NAFTA - European Union
Give two examples of Globalization
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Chopping down previous corps, and burning the stumble, to create ash that acts as a fertilizer for the following growing season.
Describe Slash and burn
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Availability
Accessibility Affordability
What are the three A's
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Intensive: Large amoun of labour, machinery and fertilizers are used n small farms. High yields per hectare.
Extensive: Small amounts of labour, machinery, and fertilizers on large farms. Small yields per hectare
Define Intensive vs. Extensive farming
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Advantages:
- Prevents deficiencies of vitamins - Faster Growing crops/ animals Disadvantages: - Superbugs - Unknown health affects
2 Disadvantages & 2 advantages of GMO's
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- Multinational Corperations
- Easier to import export goods/Free trade - Controls goods produces
How does globalization affect Canadian and American agriculture?
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A
How much does Canada make in agriculture?
A) 34 billion B) 34 trillion C) 28 billion D) 31 million |
Immigrants
Who are the majority of low level workers in MNC in the USA
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Farmers own shares in the cooperative. They pool their money and share equipment to reduce the costs of operation for each member.
Define cooperatives
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Advantages:
- Preserves a human dimension of agriculture - Protects the environment - Produces natural, chemical free food Disadvantages: - Not guaranteed to produce healthier food - "Organic" Does not guarantee nutritional value - less stable source of food
3 advantages & 3 disadvantages of organic farming
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Affects Food Markets/Farming
Multinational Corporations
How does Globalization affect sustainability?
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Dairy
Potatoes Mixed livestock
What types of agriculture is mainly produced in Quebec? Name 2
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They produce the GM crops
They hold the contracts with the farmers They want fast efficient growing
Why does Monstanto control the buying of seeds?
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Highly mechanized, lare scale farming, usually under corporate ownership.
Monsanto Tyson Smithfield
Define and give examples of agribusinesses
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- Controls the selling of seeds
- Subsidized crops - Control farmers through contracts
Why does Monsanto hold so much power over farmers?
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Canada: Soybeans, corn, canola, sugar beet
USA: Soyeban, corn, cotton, canola Germany: N/A Brazil: Soybean, cotton, corn
Choose two countries and state what GM crops are being used
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1. Deep soils excellent for farming (0.5%)
2. Very good farmland, no serious climatic or land limits. (1.8 %) 3. Some climatic and land limits (2.7%) 7. 0% capable for farming (86.8) Class 7, T=topography
List 1-3 and 7 for the land classifications
What does 7T stand for? |
Germany: many testing
Lable GMO products Strict agricultural standards USA: Majoirty of workers are immigrants in MNC Lower agricultural standards Lower worker and animal treatment standards Less testing
Give 3 reasons why is Germany's food security better than the USA
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Multinational Corporations control the production of crops in the USA. They pay farmers to produce their crops. This leaves farmers with very little choice, as they are controled by their contract with MNC's.
Describe the subsidization used by multinational corporations in the USA. And describe the impacts.
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