Enst 201 Lecture 8Outline of Last Lecture I. Pastoralism II. Intensive Agriculture Outline of Current Lecture I. Food ProductionII. Pesticide TreadmillIII. Green RevolutionI. U.S. (The obesity-hunger paradox)IV. Threats to food security Current LectureII. Food Productiona. Genetically modify crops to produce more which inhibits growth in other waysi. Ex: The preferable wheat is dwarfed b. Increase production through pesticide and fertilizer which harms the environmentc. The problem now is how would we feed the growing population? III. Pesticide Treadmilla. A dependency develops when framers start applying pesticide b. Reasons: Pesticide resistance and the pesticides interference with the food systemc. Some pesticides can bioaccumulate like DTP IV. Green Revolution a. Increased food production and solve the starvation problem temporarily b. Many environmental effects These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.c. Social problems i. People were displaced for the creation of dams ii. People moved to the cities and found manufacturing jobsiii. Today less manufacturing jobs in cities V. U.S. (The obesity-hunger paradox)a. The middle isle in the supermarket i. Less money for more calories b. Subsidies i. The Big Five of the Farm Bill1. Corn2. Soybeans3. Wheat4. Rice5. Cottonc. U.S is based on a mixture of the Four Basic Models of Health Carei. The Bismark Modelii. The Beveridge Modeliii. National Health Insurance Modeliv. The Out- of- Pocket Model VI. Threats to food securitya. Soil erosionb. Urban sprawl c. Climate
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