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| In this course, we’ve discussed four broad technologies that may help address the four broad challenges facing the global food system: genetic engineering, precision agriculture, plant- and cell-based meats, and vertical agriculture. Pick one of the four | 11 |
| I want you to read the two articles posted on ELMS for week 14: “Alston et al Science.pdf” and “Clancy Fuglie Heisey ERS Amber Waves.doc” (we provided background for this in the lectures for May 4-6: “Innovation in the Food System: Where Do New Ideas Come | 2 |
| The Credit Suisse report assigned in class (posted in the “Course Introduction” module on ELMS) projects that world consumption of animal-based foods (including fish) will increase by 68 percent between 2010 and 2050, with about two-thirds of the increase | 3 |
| Do our consumption choices (what we eat, and the quantity) affect the major challenges faced by the global food system? Explain how. | 4 |
| Should we eat less beef? Write a shirt essay—no more than four paragraphs--with half providing an argument for why we should (“Yes”) and half devoted to why we should not (“No”). | 5 |
| World fish production has grown at a rate of 3.3% per year over the last four decades. However, fish stocks in many wild-catch fisheries are declining, due to overfishing. Consequently, the global “wild caught” fish catch has stopped growing, and there’s | 6 |