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Past Forward to Local? Let's Be Real + Preserving Rural Agriculture…

- - - - Invented in 2005 by James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith, it consists of eating only food from within 100 miles, which gave birth to the term ''locavore''.
  - - - Increases profits, while reducing environmental impacts
  - - - When a focus on geography overrides attention to social justice and environmental concerns.
    - - Attemps by retailers, food processors, and restaurants to capitalize on responsible consumption efforts by using labels and marketing.
    - - Reducing food miles isn't everything. Most greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel uses occur before any food leaves the farm gate.
    - - Local isn't always environmentally friendlier. Looking at life-cycle assessments of food products is important.
    - - Energy costs are usually lower for local than imported food, but not always. It depends in: food origin, transportation mode, storage time, fuels used, etc.
    - - Local food isn't always cheaper (costs may be 10% higher).
    - - Preparing for a 100-Mile winter is like adding a part-time job to our full-time lives''.
  - - - Founded in 1986, it draws links between slower-paced lifestyles and gastronomy.
    - - Hybrid global-local eating as a result of eating local in a global foodscape.
    - - Holistic production management system which promotes and enhances agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological cycles, and soil biological activity. It emphasizes the use of management practices in preference to the use of off-farm inputs, which is accomplished by using agronomic, biological, and mechanical methods, as opposed to using synthetic materials (FAO). E.g. Les Jardins de la Grelinette, St-Armand.
    - - A philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclud all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, humans and the environment (The Vegan Society).
    - - Recommandations for a largely plant-based diet, with small, occasional allowances for meat, fish, dairy, and sugar as outlined in the EAT-Lancet Commission report of 2019.
    - - ''Going without meat and dairy products for one day a week is more environmentally beneficial than eating locally every single day'' (p.19).
    - - Holistic approach to agriculture that focuses on the interconnection of farming systems and ecological systems as a whole, and seeks to rehabilitate and enhance them by placing a heavy premium on soil health, water management and more (Chesapeake Bay Foundation).
    - - The practice of not eating meat, for health or religious reasons, or because you want to avoid being cruel to animals (Cambridge Dictionary).
    - - A philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; protracted and thoughtful observation; looking at plants and animals in all their function. E.g. Miracle Farms., St-Anicet
    - - The practice of raising animals and crops on the same farm, for diversified impacts on the ecosystem and symbiotic benefits. E.g. Four Season Farm, Harborside.
  - - - Gardens for and run by volunteer community members. Tasks and areas of the gardens are shared (AGR100).
    - - Growing fuits, vegetables, herbs, or having bee hives on rooftops.
    - - Serving seasonal, locally grown food (from local farms) in schools cafeterias
    - - Kitchens aiming to teach people how to cook with the food that comes from their neighborhood.s
    - - Groups of citizens pledge to support local farms by commiting to advance payment in exchange of receiving weekly baskets of fruits, vegetables or animal products.
    - - Institutions can promote local products and formally recognize good food. It can range from ''appellation d'origine contrôlée'' to local food labels (AGR 202).
    - - Markets where local farms and food producers sell directly to consumers.
    - - Serving seasonal, locally grown food (fron local farms or on-site) in restaurants.
    - - Gardens run by school staff and children to teach students about where their food comes from. May supply school cafeterias.
  - - - Tool for examining the total environment impact of a product through every step of its life - from obtaining raw or recycled materials all the way through making it in a factory, selling it in a store, using it in the workplace or at home, and disposing of it - to help customer make his choice.
    - - Evaluate greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product. Calculated by summing the emissions resulting from every stage of a product or service’s lifetime.
    - - Total area of land required to sustain an activity or create an item and to absorb corresponding waste. Good way to evaluate the impact of the product if land is the issue.
- - - - Govermental organisation that protects agricultural land in the province of Québec
    - - FUSA (fiducie d'utilité sociale agriécologique)
        
        Land trust that aims to protect agricultural land and protects it from land speculation
  - - - E.g., Large car manufactures in the greather Toronto area
    - - E.g. Ontario goverment planning to sell agricultural land from the green belt for housing developpemnt (CBC news).
  - - - Deforestation
        
        Habitat loss for native flora & fauna
        
        Loss of ecosystem services. E.g., climate regulation
      - Current main threat to terrestrial biodiversity
    - - Poor productivity
      - More vulnerable to environmental impacts
    - - Disappearance of native plant species
      - Introduction of invasive species
      - Reduced plant species diversity
      - Pollinator decline
        
        In abundance and specie richness
  - - - Soil-less method to grow crops directly in a nutrient-rich water, with a medium supporting the roots of the plants.
    - - Highly automated, controlled vertical systems where plants grow in chambers under highly efficient LED lights, with water being pumped into the system. E.g. GoodLeaf Farms, Guelph
    - - E.g. Lufa Farms, Montreal
    - - Networks of container farms thoughout the city, in unused parking supplying fresh food to city residents. lots. E.g. Sole Food, Vancouver
    - - Mushroom Farm (AGR100)
        
        Réseau souterrain in Lennoxville
        
        Growing mushrooms on bricks of composted manure in abandoned underground parking lots. E.g. Cycloponics, Paris.
      - Underground bomb shelters in London (AGR204)