Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Sustainable Food Production
- Organic Farming
- Artificial fertilisers and chemicals are banned
- Improves quality of life for farmers in LICs due to less chemical exposure
- Reduced reliance on fossil fuels
- More sustainable fuel sources
- Improves environment
- Urban Farming
- Allotments, roof gardens, spare space in towns, balcony gardens are created
- The aim is to increase the connection people have with food production
- In LICs they would be part of food security to produce nutritious food
- It is set up by community groups giving them the opportunity to
engage in the environment even though they live in urban areas
- Seasonal Food
- LICs can afford to have nutritious food for each season
- Reduces Food Miles
- This would cause less pollution
- Reducing Food Waste
- 1/3 of food produced is lost or wasted
- There would be more food to feed the growing population if we
didn't waste this much food
- It encourages people to compost
waste rather than putting it in
bins
- Food in landfill sites produce Methane
- This is a Greenhouse Gas, contributing to Global Warming