food studies

Cards (15)

  • food cuisine= the styler of food preparation and the cooking reflects the characteristics of the country or geographic region
  • spices= seeds, flowers,bark, roots, berries and fruits used as flavouring ingredients in food, medication, perfume and incence
  • grains traded throughout the world?
    wheat corn rice
  • silk road?
    allowed for the exchange of agricultural knowledge and techniques between different regions, leading to the adaption of new farming methods and the development of new crops
  • globalisation?
    is a process by which the world has become interconnected as a result of technological devlopment in both transport systems and communication, leading to increased trase and cultural exchange
  • impact of globalisaton on food availability?
  • impact of globalisaton on food availability?
    food is no longer tied to seasons and its possible to buy food anywhere in the world, at any time
  • factors contributing to globalisation?
    development of refridgerated and conatiner transport, bulk shipping
  • cultivation of crops versus wild plants?
    cultivation of crops is to deliberately sow and tend a crop on nearby land whereas wild plants battle the competition of weeeds
  • argiculture?
    the practice of cultivating land, growing crops and feeding, breeding and raising lifestock
  • horticulture?
    the cultivation and management of a garden or orchad
  • domestication of animals?
    a process of select breeding and taming of wild animals
  • food sovereignty?
    challenges the control of large co operations to give back to farmers. it focuses on producing food ethically and sustainably
  • food citizenship?
    individuals participating and making informed choices in issues like sustainibilty, ethics or health in any stage of the food system
  • hunter gatheres?
    human beings who obtained their nature from nature, hunting animals and gathering plants