Statistics for Soil Part 2

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HintAnswer% Correct
Wasting Foodall resources used to make food wasted; waste less food, less food grown, decrease in greenhouse gases, more available land, increase in water and biodiversity
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G.M Foodsbad, chemicals, grow faster, "non-GMO" used to persuade buyers, can't prove a negative, can't prove the safety of something, only that something isn't safe
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Types of Solutionsdistribution, regulation, local food systems, science and technology
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Subsistenceenough to get by
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Intensivehighly concentrated, needs outside inputs
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Problems with access to foodincreases in prices of food/water/energy, climate change, increase in population, production < consumption,
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Malnourishedlack nutrients
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Extensivelots of land, ex. free range cattle
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Monocultureone crop specific, specialization of equipment and knowledge
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Food Desertplace where nutritional food is inaccessible
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Commercialsell for profit
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Share of Landshared area of land that is available land that can be used to grow stuff
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Changes in Farming since WWIIsubsistence -> agrobusiness, family -> corporations, increase in size of average farm, decrease in number of farmers, increase in mechanization, crop dusters -> safer spread of pesticide, improved refrigeration -> greater distribution distance, increase in crop yield, increase in grazing
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How have we increased food production?technology has increased yield, G.M.O's, fertilizers, pesticides, machinery, irrigation, increase in amount of land being used, deforestation, irrigation of marginal lands
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Food Insecuritythe state of being without reliable access to sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food
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Undernourishedtoo few calories
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Green RevolutionUS state department program, bring agricultural tech to other countries, increase in food production leads to political stability, high yield varieties of cereal, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, soil treatments, controlled water supply, increase in mechanization
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Polyculturevariation, maybe more money, crops ready at different times, more complete ecosystem, often better for soil
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