Agricultural Lives and Landscapes
Choose a recipe with at least 10 different ingredients
ii. Travel to the closest or most convenient grocery store and record (bring a notebook or use your phone) the origin of each recipe ingredient (be as specific as possible…firstly look for the city and if not listed, then search for the province or state, or record the country if that is the only location mentioned). You are not required to purchase any of these food items. HINT: If you pick up an ingredient that does not specify a location, then perhaps try and find the same ingredient elsewhere in the store. For example, if your recipe calls for cheddar cheese, and you pick up a bar of “Cracker Barrel Cheese” which typically will not specify a definitive location, go to the speciality section of the cheese store to look for an alternate package of cheddar cheese.
Then, provide full sentence answers to the following:
1. Fill in the table on the template listing the Ingredient, Origin, Food Kilometres** (kms to grocery store) and tally the Total Food Kilometres. Leave the “Local Field Source” and “Local Food Kilometres” columns empty. (4 marks) Hint: **Use Google Maps or Google Earth to calculate the rough distance the ingredient has travelled from its origin to the grocery store you choose (you will need to determine the grocery store’s address). If the origin of the food item is not specific, you can use the ‘geographic centre’ of the food’s origin as the location from which to calculate a rough distance. For example, if you choose a product at Valu-Mart in Uptown Waterloo and the label says the product was packaged in “Vancouver” (but with no specific address), simply calculate the straight-line distance from the geographic centre of Vancouver to Valu-mart to determine the food kilometers roughly travelled. Google Maps/Earth both have scales you can use to calculate distance as well.
2. Now determine if you can shorten the total food kilometres, to create this food dish. Find all the closest local providers for each ingredient in your food list (if available) by following the sequence below:
i. Go to the Waterloo Region Food Link’s Local Food Map online at http://www.foodlink.ca/ and click the “Find Local Food” tab found along the top of the webpage
ii. Enter each ingredient separately into the search box and select “Go” HINT: Try being a little less literal with certain ingredients if they do not return a positive search hit. For instance, if you have parsley or basil in your recipe, try searching “herbs” or “spices”. If you had blue cheese in your recipe, try searching “cheese”. Instead of cherry tomatoes, search for “tomatoes”.
iii. Enter the grocery store location into the “Narrow your search” box and customize your results further by placing a checkmark in the “Farm”, “CSA” and “Farmers’ Market Vendor” fields only in the “Narrow your Results” box (uncheck all others) and then press ENTER. This should narrow your results to only farms that grow and/or sell these ingredients in the Waterloo Region, including the field to fork distance to the grocery store supplying your recipe ingredients.
iv. Return to your table from question #1 and record the closest “local field sources” by listing the actual farm (if not available transfer the “Food Kilometers” column to the “Local Food Kilometers” column) for each ingredient, and their distance in kms to the grocery store “local food kilometers” and tally the total new food kilometers. (6 marks) HINT: If the closest farm indicates “closed” continue to use this closest farm as it simply means that the farm is closed for the season.
3. What ended up being your total food kilometers after sourcing out local ingredients using the Waterloo Region local food map? Since your food kilometers most likely decreased, the question then becomes to speculate, where applicable, as to why certain ingredient(s) could not be purchased locally? Hint: among obvious factors, refer to your chapter 8 reading for further information to help you explore this question. What factors could influence the availability of the food in your recipe? (5 marks)
4. Thinking about the geography of food production, does it really matter if the food you eat is produced locally? State 2 advantages and 2 limitations to a move toward buying only food of local origin rather than food from the industrial food system. DO NOT just GOOGLE the answer to these questions. (4 marks)
PLACE THIS ORDER OR A SIMILAR ORDER WITH US TODAY AND GET AN AMAZING DISCOUNT ?
Our Service Charter
-
Excellent Quality / 100% Plagiarism-Free
We employ a number of measures to ensure top quality essays. The papers go through a system of quality control prior to delivery. We run plagiarism checks on each paper to ensure that they will be 100% plagiarism-free. So, only clean copies hit customers’ emails. We also never resell the papers completed by our writers. So, once it is checked using a plagiarism checker, the paper will be unique. Speaking of the academic writing standards, we will stick to the assignment brief given by the customer and assign the perfect writer. By saying “the perfect writer” we mean the one having an academic degree in the customer’s study field and positive feedback from other customers. -
Free Revisions
We keep the quality bar of all papers high. But in case you need some extra brilliance to the paper, here’s what to do. First of all, you can choose a top writer. It means that we will assign an expert with a degree in your subject. And secondly, you can rely on our editing services. Our editors will revise your papers, checking whether or not they comply with high standards of academic writing. In addition, editing entails adjusting content if it’s off the topic, adding more sources, refining the language style, and making sure the referencing style is followed. -
Confidentiality / 100% No Disclosure
We make sure that clients’ personal data remains confidential and is not exploited for any purposes beyond those related to our services. We only ask you to provide us with the information that is required to produce the paper according to your writing needs. Please note that the payment info is protected as well. Feel free to refer to the support team for more information about our payment methods. The fact that you used our service is kept secret due to the advanced security standards. So, you can be sure that no one will find out that you got a paper from our writing service. -
Money Back Guarantee
If the writer doesn’t address all the questions on your assignment brief or the delivered paper appears to be off the topic, you can ask for a refund. Or, if it is applicable, you can opt in for free revision within 14-30 days, depending on your paper’s length. The revision or refund request should be sent within 14 days after delivery. The customer gets 100% money-back in case they haven't downloaded the paper. All approved refunds will be returned to the customer’s credit card or Bonus Balance in a form of store credit. Take a note that we will send an extra compensation if the customers goes with a store credit. -
24/7 Customer Support
We have a support team working 24/7 ready to give your issue concerning the order their immediate attention. If you have any questions about the ordering process, communication with the writer, payment options, feel free to join live chat. Be sure to get a fast response. They can also give you the exact price quote, taking into account the timing, desired academic level of the paper, and the number of pages.