GGR107H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods, Origin Myth, Wild Rice
11 May 2018
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Professor Sarah Wakefield Oct. 20, 2016
GGR107 LECTURE 5
GRAINS
LECTURE OUTLINE:
• Explore the BIOPHYSICAL BASIS of food systems
• Examine how cultivation systems and SETTLER COLONIALISM are connected
• Examine issues related to GMO’s and SEED PATENTING
• Examine FOOD PROCESSING and its nutritional implications
• (in relation to two grain crops)
BIOPHYSICAL FACTORS IMPACTING FOOD PRODUCTION
• access to SOLAR ENERGY for photosynthesis (photo period, shading)
• TEMPERATURE
• WATER availability and quality
• SOIL CHARACTERISTICS (depth, texture, acidity) and NUTRIENT availability (such
as nitrogen, phosphorus)
• Inherent BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS of plants and animals (adaptation)
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Document Summary
Biophysical factors impacting food production: access to solar energy for photosynthesis (photo period, shading, temperature, water availability and quality, soil characteristics (depth, texture, acidity) and nutrient availability (such as nitrogen, phosphorus) Inherent biological characteristics of plants and animals (adaptation) Wild rice erases the labour depicted in the image, the work behind large-scale indigenous agricultural operations. We assume the wild rice exists outside of the hunters" presence, not because of it. Through language, we erase the intention and the work behind crop production. : brittany luby. To have arrived empty-handed in an empty land, to have populated i, to have made it fertile and to have civilized it is the basis for the saskatchewan founding myth. : b. muller. Ability to enhance productivity, nutrition (such as drought resistance) Could allow more efficient use of resources/inputs. Concerns about health risks (especially allergens, but also digestive and other ailments) Concerns about genetic contamination (and environmental effects)
