Lecture 2: Sustainable Agriculture Flashcards
What happened in the late 1800s?
Canada purchased Hudson’s Bay Company’s Rupert’s Land
Construction of the railway caused First Nations and Metis to be displaced and land given to agricultural settlers
Wheat cropping happened but wasn’t very productive
What happened in the early 1900s
Immigration policy helps colonize the prairies
start of mechanization
Dust bowl/great depression
when was the Canadian Wheat Board
1935
What happened in WW2
War economy
demand for rapeseed oil
Government starts to support agriculture
What happened in WW2 to 1970
Further (accelerated) progress in mechanization
Increase use of chemical inputs
What happened post WW2
Specialized/industrial production caused by modernization of agriculture
Belief that farming should be a business not a lifestyle
What programs came from the government after WW2
Supply management
Crop insurance
Ad-hoc programs
Sustainable development
economic development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Sustainable Agriculture Development
the management and conservation of the natural resource base, and the orientation of technological change in such a manner as to ensure the attainment of continued satisfaction of human needs for present future generations
3 dimensions of sustainability
environmental
social
economic
3 perspectives of sustainable agriculture
Production efficiency
demand restraint
food system transformation
production efficiency
supply of food with increased efficiencies to feed increasing global population while minimizing negative environmental impacts
demand restraint
unsustainable consumption patterns and food waste
food system transformation
inequities amongst actors in the food system
