q_contemp_issues_food_production


 * UNIT 4: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN FOOD: **
 * Issues in Food Production and Supply and Sustainability **



Here are some videos on Sustainable farming and Eating locally:
//**Fresh Food: What is Farm to Table-- @http://learn360.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=44031**//

//**Biting into Change-- @http://www.mcnabbconnolly.ca/TDSB-GreenHeroes2/titles/CF-GH2_01**//

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jePUFa2UOk8

https://tdsb.insigniails.com/library/ItemDetail?l=0450&i=1898797&ti=0&itemIDlist=1898797_0&wst=ebl


 * Contemporary Issues in Food- Article Reviews **

There are many issues that come and go in the food industry, but often as a issue emerges, consumer opinions change and the demand from the food industry is also changed. This demand from consumers has the power to change the food production industry to a more healthful industry.

Some of the most prevalent Contemporary Issues in Food are:

A. Vegetarianism/ Ethical Food Production/ Genetically Modified Foods

B. Global Food Crisis/ Food Insecurity/ Food Security – What are the issues? Who is affected?

C. Fresh Water – Is there a crisis?

D. Organic Foods – What is organic food? Is it always better?

E. Choosing Local Foods/ Locavore Movement – How can this have a global impact?

To research these issues, we will be reading current news articles that discuss these new issues in food.


 * For each of the articles provided, answer the following questions: **

1. What is the title, author, publisher of the article? 2. What is the food issue being presented in the article? 3. What are 3 key points being made in the article? 4. Are any solutions proposed in the article? If so, what are they? 5. What information from the article had the greatest impact on you? 6. What did you learn from this article?

1. The silent tsunami - Food prices are causing misery and strife around the world. Radical
 * Articles **

solutions are needed

The silent tsunami (April 2008). The Economist. Retrieved May 1, 2008, from

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11050146 2. Canada, don't take fresh water for granted, READ IT HERE-->

Austin, John. (April 2008). Canada, don't take fresh water for granted. Globe and Mail. Retrieved

May 1, 2008, from

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080427.wcomment0427/BNStory/specialComment/

3. What is 'organic' food? , READ IT HERE-->

Perrin, Jacquie, Johnson, Erica, Nunn, Jim. (October 2000). What is 'organic' food? Retrieved May

2, 2008 from http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/food/organics/index.html

4. Eat locally, survive globally

Axworthy, Thomas (April 2008). Eat locally, survive globablly. The Toronto Star. Retrieved May 1,

2008 from http://www.thestar.com/article/418620





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Helpful Hint for Research: =====

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1. Global Issues in Context Use the Knowledge Ontario password in agenda, p. 13 ===== Search political topics and aspects here, as well as climate change, agriculture & Biotechnology.

2. Statistics Canada - Search the "Analysts & Researchers" page (left margin)
Try "food insecurity", biotechnology, any Canadian data. Click "pdf" to read the whole report.

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3. EBSCO Canadian Points of View - Password in agenda, p. 13 Search local issues here. ===== 4. E-Library Canada Password in agenda, p. 13 Limit to Canadian sources and search local issues here.

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5. Global Food Crisis - from Relief Web - International Updates - ===== Income growth, climate change, high energy prices, globalization, and urbanization are transforming the world food situation (International Food Policy Research Institute - IFPRI). Food prices are rising (some have more than doubled) affecting not only the world’s poor, but also communities that had so far been food-secure.

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6. FAO - UNESCO Scroll down to the "State of Food Insecurity in the World 2009" Check "publications", Country briefs & country profiles - from the United Nations. ===== 7. Government of Canada - Departments Index [] Government of Ontario - Ontario Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Rural Affairs <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Government of Toronto - <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">8. World Bank - Health, Nutrition & Population Statistics etc. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Read an overview of the food crisis [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Select a country and click GO to see stats. Check the left banner and look at the MDGs also (Millennium Development Goals)[| http://bit.ly/8ipfT0]