A short summary (key points) of the last “green bug lecture” should be provided here. It will neither be complete nor give details. I will try to represent the view expressed during the presentation and only share my opinion in comments afterwards.
Main purpose of presenting a summary is to offer a possibility to pick up some arguments again and to comment. So please: comment!
Presentation by Pavlos Georgiadis (F.R.E.S.H):
- characteristics that might as well be important: honesty, knowledge diversity, responsibility
- responsible eating is a contribution to save our planet (it can diminish our ecological footprint)
- it is important to see the whole production chain behind the food procession: e.g. although flour might be processed in
- Thus, the ingredients for a pizza might all together have travelled over 80.000 km
Consequences related to “unsustainable foodproduction”:
- conditions of animal production
- working conditions/ human right violation (immigration worker on farms/ in green houses)
- loss of biodiversity
- market control of companies
- depletion of water resources
- use of agrochemicals
- use of additives
What to do:
- Merge the consumption of organic AND regional produced food
- Honesty: be informed and claim your right to be informed
- Change academic culture (so far Hohenheim as one of
- Reform land use based on scientific knowledge and local wisdom
- Rediscover eating as pleasure for all senses
- See what F.R.E.S.H is doing
“Clusters” of discussion.
- Dumping of food into 3rd world countries, food sovereignty, fair trade
- Market power of companies, market power of consumers, non-cooperation
- Social implications: can people afford to buy slow/organic food? Valuation of food
- Political implications: isn’t a complete change in the economical/ political system a prerequisite for fair food production and consumption?
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