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Sustainable food system

The Cultural Landscape (Rubenstein) Chapter 10 review questions

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?PAGE ? ?PAGE ?1? AP Human Geography Chapter 10 Agriculture 1. What is the ?typical human? and how does this differ with your situation especially with regard to how and what you eat? 2. Why do LDCs have such a high percentage of the world?s farmers? 3. How can the United States produce so much food with just less than 2% of the population engaged in agriculture? 4. What is the most important distinction regarding farm products? 5. What are the main reasons for the variety of agricultural practices in the world? 6. Describe why farmers in the same culture make different decisions with respect to what they grow. 7. From a global perspective, how do recent trends impact farmer?s decisions?

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Caroline Doran October 31, 2015 Mrs. Mulholland Lit 9 One ? Third of Food is Lost or Wasted: What Can Be Done 10 to 20 loads of clean, unblemished, and crisp lettuce towering over 7 feet high 2.8 trillion pound of wasted food that could feed at least 3 billion people USA loses 30 percent of food and that is 162 billion dollars Loss is at the beginning of the food chain during harvest Waste occurs at the end of the food chain at the retail stage Food goes bad during transportation Restaurants serve large portions and when the customer doesn?t finish their food the restaurants are required to throw the food out Organizations are providing Africa with low tech technology to help preserve their food and the loss have dropped 45% of their tomatoes

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Global Survey Says We're Eating Better, But Our Diet Is Still?Unsustainable More people are eating local and organic foods, but that's not nearly enough. Jason Plotkin, owner of a small organic farm near Golden, Colorado, grapples with red, white, and golden beets he plans to sell at a farmers market. PHOTOGRAPH BY CYRUS MCCRIMMON, DENVER POST/GETTY Andrea Stone for?National Geographic PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 More people are eating local and organic foods and plan to consume less meat and bottled water. However, most also believe they lack enough information and influence to become more environmentally sustainable consumers, a new National Geographic survey has found. Share Share on emailEmail More ?
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