Agriculture and Sustainability
The prevailing agricultural system, variously called “conventional agriculture,” “modern agriculture,” or “industrial farming,” has delivered tremendous gains in productivity and efficiency.... Conventional farming systems vary from farm to farm and from country to country. However, they share many characteristics such as rapid technological innovation, large capital investments in equipment and technology, large-scale farms, single crops (monocultures); uniform high-yield hybrid crops, dependency on agribusiness, mechanization of farm work, and extensive use of pesticides, fertilizers, and herbicides
Food is a basic human need and considered a by the United Nations and many countries and individuals. People who have steady, affordable, and safe access to sufficient food (food security) tend to think about food in substantially different ways than people who experience food insecurity, which refers to people whose food access and intake is limited by external factors. Not only is there an unevenness regarding food consumption and nutritional experiences, choices, and conditions for people across the world, but so too is there an unevenness regarding how food is produced. Food systems and agricultural systems vary greatly across space and through time and has altered the need for urban centers to always be located near an agricultural hearth.
Food Deserts: A Global Crisis in New York City Causes, Impacts and Solutions
This paper discusses the global issue of inner city food deserts. These are areas in which healthy and affordable food options are not available. Research has shown that a lack of nutrition leads to further health problems, cognitive gaps, and unpromising trajectories. Here, past research is analyzed and current programs are evaluated. This article focuses on food deserts in New York City, specifically in Harlem. Some field research is also included. Following a detailed review of the situation, practical recommendations are made to alleviate this crisis.
Many USDA agencies serve the growing organic sector. Includes resources regarding Organic Certification, Data, and Research.
The report is available on the right side of the page under "Download" with the title: Food Insecurity and Health Care: Report
A Foodscape of The South Bronx
This Foodscape provides a community-level snapshot of that environment, including data on healthy and unhealthy food consumption, food access, and nutrition-related diseases. To improve the health of New Yorkers, we must recognize that each neighborhood has a distinct food environment
Organic Food case study available on Blackboard
Agriculture and Sustainability
Source: Environmental Science by Sean Whitcomb, Maricopa Open Digital Press
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Chapter 21, Economic Forces
Source: AP Environmental Science by University of California, University of California College Prep
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Agriculture and Food Systems
Source: Human Geography by Christine Rosenfeld & Nathan Burtch
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Food Deserts: A Global Crisis in New York City Causes, Impacts and Solutions
Source: Adi Segal in Consilience © 2010 Columbia University, pp. 197-214
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USDA Organics
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Food Insecurity and Health Care | Addressing Food Insecurity through the Health Care System in New York
Source: Emily Arsen, MPH, Denise Arzola, LCSW, Chad Shearer, Anthony Shih, MD, MPH for United Hospital Fund, Dec. 15, 2021
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A Foodscape of the South Bronx
Source: The Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center, City University of New York, contact: info@nycfoodpolicy.org
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