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Future harvest: Environmental implications and marketplace trends

Environmental implications need to be considered when you are assessing the advantages and disadvantages of marketplace trends. These issues are examined in the option strand, Comtemporary food issues - Marketplace. Sometimes environmental issues can drive changes in the marketplace, such as the increase in the number of organic farms.

Outcomes
This material addresses aspects of the following syllabus outcomes:
H2.1 The student evaluates the relationship between food, its production, consumption, promotion and health.
H3.2 The student independently investigates contemporary food issues.

Source: Board of Studies NSW, Stage 6 Food Technology Syllabus, Preliminary and HSC Courses (1999)

Activity

The Museum of Victoria has an interesting web site. In particular the museum has developed a number of case studies around the theme of sustainable farming or production.

Depending on the areas of the food industry you are interested in there is probably a case study with some relevance to your individual area of interest. For starters take a look at the following case studies in Future harvest :

Pig power

Nature's plough

Rabbits of the waterways

1. Discuss the relationship between developments in sustainable production and the trend to purchase organic produce.
2. Identify the environmental, economic, social and ethical implications of organic farming.