SOCIO-120 Lecture 26: Introduction to Sociology - Lecture 26

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIO-120
• Professor: Brown

Document Summary

How they physical environment shapes people"s lives and how people influence the surrounding environment. The environment provides resources essential for life. The environment serves as a waste repository. Stresses the trade-offs inherent in every decision that alters the environment. Argues that minorities, low ses and rural people disproportionately subjected to. Concerned with people who desire the benefits of growth, but do not want to deal. I. e. people of color and people in rural areas are more likely to live close to waste with the consequences/negative effects environmental hazards treatment, storage, and disposal factories. The sociology of food and agriculture- the scientific analysis of the events, actors, institutions, and the evolution of agriculture and food systems. 2. 05 million farms in the us (2017) Number of farms has decreased, but the size has increased. Large, very large, and nonfamily farms account for 75% of the value of. Increase in large and very large farming operations.