The Human DIet: The Globalizing Of Food Systems Flashcards
The Dawn of Globalized Food Systems
Based in plantation agriculture & trans-continental trade:
- Eurasian crops & livestock, American crops
- Labor and expertise of >11-13 million Africans kidnapped & enslaved
Scaled up during Industrial Revolution & both World Wars
- Factories combined automation & assembly/processing lines
- Created vast infrastructure & global transit network
Success & Scarcity
- BY 19th-20th century, meat=success
- By 20th century, foods are no longer primarily local
- By 1950s, canned & shelf-stable foods are considered superior to fresh
The Dawn of Globalized Food Systems
Separation of producers, processors, and consumers
-By 1970s, industrial farms are wiping out family farms
-Increasing reliance on migrant workers, detached from communites of consumers
