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FEEDING THE WORLD
INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE
Dr. Betty B. Faust
EST 200
SUNY ESF
Introduction
History of capitalism Industrialization-Global Integration Impacts on ethnic minorities and
nation-states
Topics of Discussion Administrative systems - guilds,
markets, fairs Mechanization - Exploration Colonization - Global Markets Assembly Lines - mass markets Population growth Green & Blue Revolutions
Markets & Democracy Feudal control, small areas,
competition - broken terrain W. Europe, Brussels as case -
guild houses Trade routes and fairs - nomads
and merchants Lords vs. producers, merchant
outsiders - diverse contacts First World, Third World
Mechanization Production - water wheels, steam
engines Extraction - mining (coal, metals) Transportation - sailing ships,
exploration Communication - postal service,
pony express, mail by sail
Colonization - global markets Metropole - periphery Conquest and taxes Production for export, economies
of scale Natural advantages - resources,
human and natural
Assembly lines - mass consumption National independence Economic dependence Petroleum, electricity - increased
energy Import substitution vs. exports technology transfer & patents
Population Growth Medicine & hygiene Socio-cultural disruption Religious conversion
Green and Blue Revolutions Genetic engineering to feed the
world Irrigation, herbicides, insecticides,
storage, transport Trawlers and computerized fishing,
aquaculture
Information Age Transformation of industry -
computerization Unskilled labor phase out Education - continual changes Growing divisions - rich/poor Computer/information access
Struggles for control Indigenous peoples - cell phones,
FAX machines, computer cafes Mass media and election
campaigns Production-Marketing, by passing
the intermediaries Computers in the villages Competition vs. collaboration
Contrasting Examples
Japan, village becomes suburb Bulgaria - two slaps US - Midwest farmers
diffences public images
What kind of political/economic development works?
Consequences of rapid change?
What This Means Shrinking world Equity issues, communication
access vulnerability to terrorism
Next Steps Understanding others Competing in Contributions, Back to the Founding Fathers,
constructing a system Oops! Limited planet