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Agro-industrialisation

There we consider the influence of TNCs (agribusinesses and the media) in shaping food consumption habits.
The amount of land available for food production is surprisingly small. This short clip raises questions about the balance between resources and population growth.
Food Inc is a documentary that argues that agribusiness is producing unhealthy food in an unsustainable way that is damaging our environment.
The top 10 Food companies that control what we eat
Country
Famous For
Associated British Foods plc
United Kingdom
Mazola corn oil and Twinings tea
The Coca-Cola Company
United States
Making drinking water into a consumer product
Groupe Danone S.A.
France
Danone is the world’s largest seller of fresh dairy products
General Mills, Inc.
United States
Betty Crocker, Green Giant, and Pillsbury
Kellogg Company
United States
Kellogg’s cereal, Keebler, and Pringles
Mars, Incorporated
United States
M&Ms, Milky Way, Snickers and Twix. Uncle Ben’s rice, Wrigley
Mondelez International, Inc.
United States
Kraft Foods, Cadbury, Nabisco, Oreo, and Trident
Nestle S.A.
Switzerland
World's largest food company
PepsiCo Inc.
United States
Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and Gatorade, Tostitos, Doritos, and Quaker
Unilever Group
United Kingdom - Netherlands
Lipton tea, Hellmann’s mayonnaise, and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream

The Other Inconvenient Truth:
​How Agriculture is Changing the Face of Our Planet

"Agriculture is dominating our planet, whether it's 40 percent of our land surface, 70 percent of the water we use, 30 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions. We've doubled the flows of nitrogen and phosphorus around the world simply by using fertilizers, causing huge problems of water quality from rivers, lakes, and even oceans, and it's also the single biggest driver of biodiversity loss. So without a doubt, agriculture is the single most powerful force unleashed on this planet since the end of the ice age. No question. And it rivals climate change in importance. And they're both happening at the same time".
Jonathan Foley

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  • Home Page
  • Globalisation
    • Globalisation: a Geographical Process
    • Globalisation: Diaspora
    • Globalisation: Cultural Diffusion
    • Globalisation: fashion victims
    • Globalisation and Identity
    • Globalisation and Food Cultures
  • People & Planet
    • Agro-industrialisation
    • Air Pollution
    • Biodiversity loss is a SDG
    • China after the one child policy
    • Desertification in China
    • Natural Causes of Climate Change
    • Renewable Energy
    • Slow Food Movement
    • Technology: a Geographical Perspective
    • The Debate about Aid
    • Tourism: the Butler Model
    • Tourism as a Development Strategy
  • Places
    • Africa is not a country
    • Bangladesh: tourism
    • Milan - Italy's Superstar City
    • Nigeria: Africa's biggest economy
    • London: the capital city of the world?
    • Salford: a city regenerated?
  • The Tool Shed
    • Climate Graphs
    • Images and Captions
    • Critical Thinking >
      • Misleading Maps
      • Mapping an alternative World
      • Language and Geography
      • Gross Domestic Lies