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The Politics of Food Agenda for Thursday February 12
Discussion: olive oil and Greencore Labor and the Locavore -Ethical Values and Hudson Valley Farms -The Local Trap -The Santa Barbara Syndrome -Farmworkers in New York Next Thursday: Cod and Tuna; and Stripers
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A story of improvement or decline?
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A story of improvement or decline?
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The Corn Subsidy and Junk Food
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The Corn Subsidy and Junk Food
The wholesale cost of the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in a single can of Coca-Cola is less than 3 cents.
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The Corn Subsidy and Junk Food
The wholesale cost of the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in a single can of Coca-Cola is less than 3 cents. Twinkies are made from bleached wheat, sugar, and HFCS…
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Ethical Values and Hudson Valley Farms
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Ethical Values and Hudson Valley Farms
What values do these farms promote?
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Ethical Values and Hudson Valley Farms
What values do these farms promote? Why aren’t “fair labor” values more prominent?
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Local Food
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Local Food
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Journal of Planning Education and Research
(2006)
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Problems with “food miles”
Method of production. Local food can use more energy than transported food. Local food can use more water than transported food. Mode of Transposition Maine potatoes on trucks v. Idaho potato on train
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The Santa Barbara Syndrome
The county grows commercial quantities of more than 50 vegetables and 25 varieties of fruit Ranks among the top 1 percent of American counties for agricultural production, with annual sales of $1.2 billion 95 percent of the fruits and vegetables consumed in the county are shipped in from elsewhere
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Santa Barbara crop report
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Santa Barbara Strawberries
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Strawberry facts Strawberries are the fifth highest-consumed fresh fruit in the US, after bananas, apples, oranges and grapes. California produces 87% of the nation’s fresh and frozen strawberries All strawberries are picked, sorted, and packed in the field by hand. Trays are rushed to shipping facilities where they are cooled to 32 degrees. Within 24 hours of harvest, fresh market strawberries are shipped for delivery
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US per capita consumption of strawberries (1970-2004)
1970 = = 7
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Monthly shipments and grower prices for strawberries
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Harvested area and yield per acre, by state
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Harvested area and yield per acre, by state
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Harvested area and yield per acre, by state
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Back of the envelope calculations
Santa Barbara population x 7/lbs = 2,870,000 (1,435 tons) Santa Barbara annual strawberry production = 412,500,000 lbs (206,250 tons) 2,870,000/412,500,000 = .7% They produce enough strawberries to feed 58.9 million people a year!
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Santa Barbara broccoli
# 2 cash crop in county $139 million/yr in sales 28,000 acres, year-round
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88% of all broccoli is from California
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Approx 20% of California grown broccoli stays in California
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85% of NYC broccoli is from California
83% of Chicago broccoli is from California
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Local food consumption
What is the socially optimal percentage of consumption of locally-grown food for a county like Santa Barbara? What is the socially-optimal percentage of exports of locally-grown food for a country like Santa Barbara?
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Farmworkers in New York
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Next Thursday 2/19 Bruce Berman, Boston Harbormaster, on striped bass. Please read 10-page case study posted to Canvas. Greenberg, Four Fish: cod (ch. 3), tuna (ch.4) Tuesday 2/24: salmon (ch.1) and sea bass (ch.2)
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My office hours 3-4 only, today (Normally 3-5)
Added hours tomorrow 12-4
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Food Narratives Turn in at the Political Science Department (Prospect House) Go down the front hallway Take stairs at the end to the right Bin marked “Food Narrative” in the basement Before 4PM tomorrow (Friday)
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Next Thursday 2/19 Bruce Berman, Boston Harbormaster, on striped bass. Please read 10-page case study posted to Canvas. Greenberg, Four Fish: cod (ch. 3), tuna (ch.4) Tuesday 2/24: salmon (ch.1) and sea bass (ch.2)
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Incredible Meat-related Facts
Percent of global warming gas emissions from all transport worldwide: 13.4 Percent of global warming gas emissions from livestock: 18 Calories of fossil fuels to produce one calorie of grain: Calories of fossil fuels to produce one calorie of free-range beef: 3 Calories of fossil fuels to produce one calorie of conventional beef: 33
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THREE DIFFERENT STORIES: rise and fall; steady (pork: xx) ; incredible rise
Turkey: xx
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AFTER the sale of beef had peaked
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Subsidies
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One more look at the corn subsidy
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Effects of the Corn Subsidy
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Effects of the Corn Subsidy
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Per capita consumption of beef 2005-2008
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Federal grazing subsidies
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Federal grazing subsidies
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