Chapter 8 paragraph 3: food on earth

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This lesson contains 12 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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At the end of this lesson
you can explain the effects of globalisation on the production of food

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What did you eat last night?

Slide 3 - Open question

19th century: locally grown food
  • Food mostly from the Netherlands
  • Farmers had mixed farms: crops and livestock
  • Sheep grazed on the land during the day. The dung was used to make the land fertile. 
  • The food chain was in the area around the farm. Farmers were self-sufficient. Products were sold close to home and the cattle lived of off local produce. 

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Nowadays there is no such thing as a mixed farm anymore. Why not?

Slide 5 - Open question

Globalisation
  • Food production changed strongly
  • As much produce as you can make for the smallest amount of money possible
  • This is only possible because of specialization and economies of scale

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Slide 7 - Video

Globalisation in the agriculture
  • You can find this everywhere in the supermarket
  • f.e.: green beans from Marocco, chicken nuggets from Thailand, beef from Australia, clementines from Spain. 
  • Tip: watch 'gefileerd' on NPO. A great documentary on where our food is from.

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There is enough food on earth to feed everyone. Why is there then a food crisis?

Slide 9 - Open question

Food crisis
  1. World population is growing rapidly. More and more food is needed.
  2. The distribution of food is unequal.
  3. The rise in welfare causes a change in eating habits.
  4. Rich countries want to change to sustainable energy (bio-ethanol)

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Measures/solutions
  • The Green Revolution
  • Awareness of food consumption (vegetarian, biological, locally grown food)

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To work
This week: read paragraph 3
Make assignments 1 to 10

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