FDNS 4600 1st Edition Lecture 6Outline of Past Lecture I. Answers to worksheetOutline of Current LectureI. Climate IssuesII. What does “sustainable food” involve?III. Food Production AgricultureIV. Food Production and AgricultureCurrent LectureI. Climate Issuesa. USDA does believe that climate risks are real. b. They help predict what might occur and help plan what might need to be enacted to help counteract the climate changes. c. The population as a whole does not seem to be too concerned with the climate change as a wholeII. What does “sustainable food” involve?a. Food Productioni. Policies come from USDA and EPAb. Food Choices consumers makei. Policies come from IOM, FDA, and USDAc. How do or should all the stakeholders respond to these issues?i. Increase access to sustainable food, host local farm markets, increase parking etc. III. Food Production Agriculturea. "Sustainable agriculture" addressed by Congress in the 1990 "Farm Bill" and regulations and policies developed by USDA?b. Site-specific- not broad; very region specificIV. Food Production and Agriculturea. Ecological concerns?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.i. Soil, water pollution, how much fertilizer we use, run off, droughts, insects, pests, and green house gases.b. Economics and social concerns?i. Few people are farmers, few people understandc. Impacts on human health?i. Pesticides, antibiotics, farming
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