Food Sustainability

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Food sustainability
Tc Chau
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Food Sustainability
  1. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
    1. Sustainability implies the use of resources at rules that do not exceed the capacity of the Earth to replace them
    2. What is Food sustainability?
      1. Provides a viable livelihood for farmers, processors and retailers, whose employees enjoy a sage and hygiene working environment
        1. supports rural economies + diversity of rural cultures= keep food miles to a minimum
          1. nourishing food in a good price= affordable
            1. Food miles- supports locally/globally, carbon footprint included
      2. Sustainable food should be produced, processed and traded in way that:
        1. contribute to thriving local economies and sustainable livelihood
          1. protect the diversity of both plants and animals, avoid damage natural resources
            1. provide social benefits
        2. Why Sustainability?
          1. help protect the environment
            1. promote personal/ public health
              1. save family farms
                1. promote animal welfare
                  1. protect workers
          2. Economic
            1. subsistence farming
              1. imports and exports
                1. supports for developing countries
            2. Fairtrade
              1. formed in 1992
                1. stable price
                  1. environmentally sound & healthy organic production
                    1. less child labour
              2. Ecological
                1. energy use
                  1. water use and pollution
                    1. soil quality
                      1. pesticides and fertilisers
                        1. natural reserves- oil
                          1. animal welfare
                            1. climate- global warming and GHGs
                              1. biodiversity
                                1. rural landscape
                2. Sustainability supply chain
                  1. safe, healthy product, market demand, nutritious, accurate information
                    1. support viability of rural and urban environment/communities
                      1. respect biological limits
                        1. high environmental performance
                          1. high animal welfare
                            1. sustain production resources
                  2. Key areas in the food supply chain
                    1. Yield
                      1. energy use
                        1. water use
                          1. waste management
                            1. reduce materials input
                              1. recycle/reduce/reuse
                              2. main aim to reduce production of it
                                1. office- paper, printer, lighting
                                  1. production- packaging, pallets, ingredients waste
                            2. reduce consumption(reduce on site movement, transport
                              1. change to lower emission fuels (biofuels)
                                1. Green supplier- wind turbines, solar
                            3. biotechnology
                              1. GM
                                1. Fertilisers/ pesticides
                          2. Sustainable retailing
                            1. huge growth of supermarket
                              1. cheap product
                                1. sustainability initiatives now part of corporate social responsbility
                            2. How do we improve sustainability as consumer?
                              1. sustainabile diets
                                1. less meat + lower environmental impacts + healthier
                                  1. Food choice are however embedded in household practives, lifestyle, local national or religious cultures
                                    1. Consuming meat is not just about nutrition, it is an important part of peoples identity and not easily changable
                              2. Oxfam sustainable diet
                                1. waste less food
                                  1. reduce consumption of diary and meat product
                                    1. buy fair trade products
                                      1. buy other foods from developing countries
                                2. future sustainable food production
                                  1. policy to conserve soil quality
                                    1. Consumer making informed choice
                                  2. What drives our food system?
                                    1. global trends in population and affluence
                                      1. food prices/ availability
                                        1. change in diet
                                          1. food waste
                                            1. change in supply chain
                                              1. water
                                                1. phosphate- limited resources= demand is predicted to increase by 50-100% by 2050
                                                  1. biodiversity loss
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