GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Xenophobia, Camembert, Tsampa

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEO 509
• Professor: Hersch Jacobs

Document Summary

Perils of food: the geography of contamination: the geography of health. Food is a moral commodity: the slaughter of animals and eating meat, differences in income and access to food, concerns that people who get more than their fair share and compromises the opportunity for others. Disadvantage you will have to pay more for it (buy from farmer"s markets) Advantage the food will be better, tastier and more nutritious (but there"s no guarantee) This began by a couple of canadians in b. c alisa smith and jb mackinnon wrote a book the 100 mile. If you buy into this argument, it"s somehow more virtuous, economic, and ethical but not watertight. Counterargument: professor pierre de rocher wrote a book locavore"s dilemma to debunk myths associated with eating local foods. If you eat locally, you will be environmentally responsible, burn less fossil fuel as they don"t need to ship as far: example with new zealand lamb: looked at nz lamb in uk.