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“Status Quo”, What does a sustainable food system look like in the context…
“Status Quo”
How did we get here?
What values and cultural events led us here?
Industrialization
Very yield focus
Rapid growth of population
Green Revolution
Emphasis on globalization and development as the “goal”
Capitalism and “free market”
"Revolution tranquille" by Jean Lesage
The use of pesticides and fertilizers is recommended in order to have higher yields
Agriculture becomes the leading economic focus
Is there anything about the old sytem that we would wish to retain rather than lose?
Maintain the livelihoods of the current food system actors
Technologies
Food security (stable market and liberty of choice)
Economic stability
Diversity of food choice
What is business as usual?
Big agro
Lack of diversity
Profit driven
Capitalistic system
What are key characteristics of the prevailing system?
Monocultures
Globalization
Relies on the use of chemicals
High reliance on fossil fuels
Why is the current system failing or no longer a good fit?
Socially
Difficulty transitioning for farmers (cost of certification and protection against uncertain transition times)
Loss of family farmers (dominance of big corps)
Inequalities around food distribution (malnutrition, food waste, obesity)
Environmentally
Monocultures are not adding to seed/landscape biodiversity
Lack of resilience (loss of diversity)
pesticides & fertilizers
Build around cheap fossil fuel
Economically
Encourages globalisation and trade
Demands high investments
Narrow profit margin
Lacks resilience (loss of diversity in markets)
What does a sustainable food system look like in the context of quebec?
Reduce exportations
https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/ongc-cgsb/P29-32-310-2020-eng.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/60971249/Increasing_Prosperity_for_Small_Farms_Through_Sustainable_Livestock_Production_Processing_and_Marketing?email_work_card=view-paper