What has influenced the way humans produce and distribute food?

Giorgos Melissourgos on Thursday, March 19 2015 - 13:22pm

TEAM 1

TEAM 2

change in food system W Europe & N America - transportation of food – technological changes – logistics – supermarkets – all about profit
hunger (big influence) – is technology helping to fight hunger? - lots of technology & lots of hunger maybe because of finance?
Narrative of fear of feminine that creates a world with technology and hunger (paradox)
Availability of resources (goes with climate)
demography – cities and production
economy
eating habits

TEAM 3

conspicuous consumption (people want to have at least or more than their neighbor have for example chocolate or coffee, jealousy)
advertisement (TV, movies, wants vs needs)
maximization of profits
agriculture is not a way to feed people but also part of finance
culture if food
legal and cultural varies

TEAM 4

capitalistic system
economic growth
industrialization
mass agriculture
planet – climate change (it affects food production)
new and old technology (opportunities and threats)
globalization (multinational companies)
immigration (due to hunger)
public polices (global and national)
localization of production vs delocalization
recognition of farmers work (cities and studying used to be more appealing but now due to crisis young people in south return to the countryside)
concept of fast foods
biofuels while world hunger

TEAM 5

population growth
industrialization and technology
the WW2 and how the agriculture was rebuilt in Europe after that due to different political regimes and cultures
also during communist regimes

SUM UP

capitalism and profits
culture and now fast food
political change (monarchy collapsed)
immigration
policies about agriculture
characteristic of human beings (conflict about that: can it change? Is it only in west? Is about capitalism? Is it global?)

Lucas

timeline – specific moments that changed the production and distribution of agriculture

"Native America before European Colonization" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FItlStGMY4)

modern times

Haber-Bosch process - 1918;

the explosive industries of ww2 started to produce agricultural nutritions stuff

fossils fules in agriculture

gmos or alternative ways of production?

Jean Pain: (1950's) compost and production of energy through methane produced of compost. Simple farm model why not spread it? Also MUST SEE: The Power of Compost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVCaczil4W4

Masanobu Fukuoka: new ways of farming that can be incorporated in agriculture alternatives

Bill Millison: permaculture – not only food but also our space

CSA Bogoria Park - Presentation and CSA - Startup manual:

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