Geography 1500F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Staple Food, Algal Bloom, Quantum
14 Nov 2016
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1500f: lecture 12: oct 26th, 2016: food & agriculture case study: corn study part 2. Review: and exam like question: choose three of the following ecosystem services and explain how large-scale, monoculture production of corn interacts with each one, soil production. Corn uses a ton of nitrogen a key material in soil. Fertilizers to be added to provide more nitrogen. Fertilizer runoff impacts: mutations, algae bloom, dead zones: biodiversity. Quantity cheaper food, increases amount people are buying (supply/demand) process foods. Excess used to make ethanol and other products. Political economy of corn: flex crop = corn, key policies to corn, trade and aid issues, responses by social movements. Corn as a flex crop: food, fuel, feed, industrial chemicals, etc. Cornification of the food supply: livestock feed, processed foods, thickening agent in food cornstarch. Cornification of everything else: ethanol, industrial chemicals, bio economy .
