G4 Food - Case Studies

USA

  • Obesity and health issues (Geofile 610-Review Questions)
  • Industrial, large scale, intensive farming
  • Californian tomatoes - sustainable?
  • High-tec pig farming in Iowa 
  • Crop rotation in North Carolina
Brazil - Matto Grosso
  • Soya Beans in the rainforest
  • Blairo Maggi - the Soya King and Mayor of Matto Grosso
  • Use and impact of intensive use of chemicals
Monsanto
  • GM food company
  • Costs and benefits of GM crops
  • Are GM foods sustainable?
Australia
  • Use of grey water for crop growth
  • Over-coming salinity
  • Wine growing with less water
Kenya
  • Malnourishment and health issues
  • Population growth and food demand
  • Cash crops - coffee, flowers
  • Soil erosion
  • Tariffs from the EU - impact of CAP
UK
  • Impacts of the CAP - political controls on food supply
  • Environmental impacts of intensive farming
India
  • The Green Revolution
  • Environmental concerns
  • Social and economic impacts on small-scale farmers
Thailand
  • The Blue revolution - fish farming