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