SAC 5 - Unit 4 - Ethic food production + Sustainable farming

Question 1

Define ethics

Answer 1

A set of moral principles that are motivated by ideas of right and wrong, or good and bad

Question 2

how do ethics apply to food product choice

Answer 2

• if chicken meat was produced in a factory farm or in a free-range environment
• if farmers who produce the food are making a fair wage
• where fruit was grown

Question 3

ethical choices - chicken

Answer 3

• intensive farming practises are becoming more common as the demand for cheaper meat go up
• chickens are housed in wire cages which are very crowded and each hen has a A4 sheet of paper space
• the temp and lighting in the sheds is controlled to maximise the egg production
• no access to nesting boxes or perches
• the chickens have been genetically selected and bred so they grow rapidly and are suitable for slaughter in 42 days
• the rapid growth puts great physical stress on the birds and can lead to significant health issues
• may die from heat stress

Question 4

ethical choices - beef

Answer 4

• cows spend between 50-120 days being fattened up for market
• overcrowding and lack of shade in the feedlot
• possibility of water, air and noise pollution

Question 5

ethical choices - fish

Answer 5

-baits longline fishing baits catch many threatened or endangered species such as turtles.
-an estimated 300,000 albatross are killed every year using longline fishing
-ancient coral and and sea animals on the ocean floor are scooped up by bottom trawling
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