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Eating Locally
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Suraya Manji
Geography ISP
EATING LOCALLY
Thesis
Purchasing and consuming local food has many benefits for yourself and the environment and is one step closer to a cleaner, more sustainable future for Canada
INTRODUCTION
What Does Eating Local Mean?
Local Eating
- Food that comes from your area
- Definition varies from place to place
- Used to be withing 50 km from where it is sold
- Food that originates from your province or territory
(Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 2019)
Environmental Impacts
- waste
- emissions
- bad farming practices
(Klavinski, 2013), (Arrowquip, 2017)
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
Waste
- Food
- Resources
A lot of waste happens
Waste
Food
Food Waste
- 40% of food in America is lost or wasted "from farm to fork"
- (Natural Resource Defense Council)
- Food gets wasted in 5 stages (Clawson, 2012)
Production and Harvesting
Consumption
Packaging and Processing
Storage
Distribution
- Best before dates
(Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 2018)
Waste of resources
Resources
- Global issue
- Earth is running out of resources
- Resources being wasted on food transport
Emissions
- transporting food uses lots of energy and emissions
- local food does need to travel nearly s far and can greatly reduce the high amount of emissions
(University of Toronto, 2014)
- Food emissions cause 19-29% of total greenhouse gases
(CGIAR)
(Hammond, Brown, 2015)
Emissions
Title
Food Mile
- the carbon footprint of food
- how far food has to travel and the meausure offuel used from producer to consumer
(Leavens, 2017)
Poor Farming
Farming
- many poor faming practices used
- extensive farming
- damaging land by using one type of crop
- pesticides
(Klavinski, 2013)
Social and Economic Impacts
SOCIAL
IMPACTS
- urban growth
- supports local economy
- cost
- safer
Urban Growth
Urban Growth
- population is growing
- many rural places are becoming cities
- many farms and fisheries are closing down
- jobs and production
(Grow riverside, 2016)
Cost
Cost
- local food tends to cost more
(Chen, 2017)
Economics of Scale
Economics of Scale
- the large manufacuteres are able to have a fixed cost for machinery and installation
- they start becomong efficient and produce more and can sell for less
- the local farmers suffer because many want the cheaper option so they have to keep their prices high
(Kenton, 2019)
Local Economy
- non-basic jobs
- supporting our local farmers
(Klavinski, 2013)
Local Economy
Saftey and Quality of your Food
Safety and Quality
- the food you purchase non-locally touches so many people and places
- higher risk of contamination
- people feel and many surveys show that local food taste better
(Houston, 2017)
Solutions
BUY LOCAL FOODS
- train more farmers
- spread awareness
(Ivaluefood, 2016) (Jones, 2013)
SOLUTIONS
Technology
Technology
- Apps that make it easier to acces local food
- order it online
- Meal prep apps
- save time and helps plan so less waste
(Gould, 2011)
Conclusion
- Eating local foods has many benefits for yourself and the environment
- Eat local!
CONCLUSION
Sources
References
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