HSB4U

Chapter 4

Bhutan

• Gross National Happiness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zqdqa4YNvI

Tourism Council of Bhutan. (2012). Where to go; what to do. Retrieved Oct. 15, 2012 from http://www.tourism.gov.bt/

Bhutan’s Enlightened Experiment

• National Geographic, photos– http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/03/

bhutan/addario-photography

Where is Bhutan?

• http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/bhutan-map/

115-120 Notes Check__Mass culture A: Send and receive

information; give free time? Become dependent on it; instant availability affects social relationships

__ Computer communication technology

B: Homes with at least 5 techs – blurred line between home and work

__ Infomated households

C: More affordable technologies lead to access to culture for more people

Therefore, …

Bhutan and Mass Culture/Infomated Households

• What happened to Bhutanese families when they got more access to mass culture and families became infomated households?

ANTHROPOLOGY – SYSTEMS OF LAND USE

Technology: An Agent of Social Change

Canada’s Food System• “… an increasingly small group of companies have gained

enormous power over Canada's food supply.• … four retailers control more than 70 per cent of grocery sales; • two companies control 95 per cent of finished cattle slaughter; • two control two-thirds of flour production; • globally, just 10 multinationals control two-thirds of proprietary

seeds, the basis of food. • Many Canadian farmers … see little future in independent food

production here, which is shocking given increasing world hunger. More than a third of our farmers, holding half of all farm assets, are set to retire and most don't want their children to farm. Corporations are most likely to snap up those farms.”

Adapted from Webb, M. (2009, Oct. 15). Canada needs a national food strategy. Toronto Star. Retrieved Oct. 15, 2009 from www.thestar.com

Meat Packing

Ontario Food Terminal

Ontario Food Terminal

Agricultural Societies

• Horticultural Societies– Extensive– Intensive

• Intensive Agriculture– Irrigation, flood irrigation– Plough, draft plough

Fires from Space

NASA Earth Observatory. (2002, Sept. 14). Slash and burn agriculture in Brazil. Retrieved March 31, 2014 from http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2786 .

Modern Farming

• Mechanization

• Corporate over family farms

• Scientific approach

• Computerization

• Dominant paradigm

How were the above concepts portrayed in Beef Inc.?

GM Foods

• Also known as GE (genetically engineered), GMO (genetically modified organisms)

• Claims: – Needed in order to feed a growing population

• Increase production• Make it sustainable (available for the future)

The World According to Monsanto

• Fill in worksheet as we watch the video.– “Monsanto is a sustainable agriculture

company. We deliver agricultural products that support farmers all around the world.”

– http://www.monsanto.com/whoweare/pages/default.aspx

Monsanto

At a Glance

Fortune 500 Company Headquarters: St. Louis, Missouri, United States Products: •Agricultural and vegetable seeds •Plant biotechnology traits •Crop protection chemicals

Globally: •21,183 employees •404 facilities in 66 countries

United States: •10,277 employees •146 facilities in 33 states