How Do We Produce Food? Crash Course Geography #43

Over the millennia, every region on Earth has developed its own successful agricultural ecosystem from flat fields of grain and mountainside rice terraces to coastal fish farms and goat herding. Today, we’re going to break down agricultural systems into three scales: subsistence, small-scale, and industrial agriculture. And we’ll take a look at how a place's history plays a huge role in the system we see today as we follow the story of agriculture in the Philippines.
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Philippines
Davila, F. (2018). Human Ecology and Food Systems: Insights from the Philippines. Human Ecology Review, 24(1), 23-50. www.jstor.org/...
Theresa Ventura. (2016). From Small Farms to Progressive Plantations: The Trajectory of Land Reform in the American Colonial Philippines, 1900-1916. Agricultural History, 90(4), 459-483. www.jstor.org/...
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Altieri, M.A., Funes-Monzote, F.R. & Petersen, P. Agroecologically efficient agricultural systems for smallholder farmers: contributions to food sovereignty. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 32, 1-13 (2012). doi.org/10.100... link.springer....
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This video series really helped me in understanding the "real world" further

[@killercaos123]

Genuinely surprised no mention of drip irrigation. Drip irrigation is a type of micro-irrigation system that has the potential to save water and nutrients by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants, either from above the soil surface or buried below the surface. The goal is to place water directly into the root zone and minimize evaporation. It was invented in Israel

[@autonomydepthconsciousness7633]

I often think about the exploitation of labour workers involved when I'm buying produce. I try to buy local even if it's more expensive. Thanks for doing a video like this.

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No ethical consumption under capitalism :c only slightly less unethical

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I’m a 4th generation tree fruit farmer here in E Washington State. Anybody here is more than welcome to come out and see what producing apples, pears, cherries and some apricots and peaches. If you do I can hook you up with a box 😁😁😁😁. And we would so much appreciate the acknowledgment of our existence.

[@EyeLean5280]

Thank you so much for all your hard work and your contribution to the food economy!

[@TerryHesticles87]

Actually sounds like a fun job. 2/3 of my favorite fruits right there, too!

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Alizé, as a real Filipino, and a geographer geek I'm crying to know that you shown how our beautiful country has to offer to the 🌍🌎 ♥️😭😭😭🇵🇭😱😱😱😁

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I'd love to learn all about American wheat production vs. Wheat production everywhere else. Also, I'm now curious about all things rice production. Since I work at Starbucks it'd also be interesting to learn more about coffee production and the future of its production

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I've only just noticed the leafy blouse! Epic

[@djbslectures]

Very interesting topic and series

[@JohnnyLodge2]

Kind of overlooks the benefits of agrobusiness. Mainly it is much more efficient and therefore requires less land use (no more clearing forests) and less human labor freeing citizens up to pursue something other than subsistence farming

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thank you for the comprehensive video

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i'll never stop freaking out about that industrial farm area/labor camp in southern spain that you can see from space

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I really like some previous topic are used in this topic

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Really well put together and insightful video like always, cheers!

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I'd love to see stuff on vertical farming and other new stuff

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Ayo, I'm from the Philippines!

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Eye opening video!

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produce food? *(beatboxes a tray of sushi into reality)*

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This one definitely going into my watch later folder

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That playlist is a trap, it'll never get finished. And sometimes you'll scroll through, and find videos have been deleted, or made private, and you'll never know what exactly was lost

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FOOD IS NOT CHEAPER WITH CORPORATIONS!

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Thank you. Honestly the complicit with current power structures and ideological framing as self evident from crash course have always been annoying. They only ever talk about how things are and not WHY something is from a human perspective of power and will and desire.

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You're right, they said it's more cost-effective with scale economics and that they can out-compete small farmers with that. They didn't mention the actual prices are up to those sellers, even if one can infer that what was said should lead to an oligarchy. I guess they didn't mention it because that was outside of the subject.

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Agronomy is the name of this study I believe

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First 4 views and first comment, congrats to anyone who has seen this early comment

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Why is it something to congratulate peoole on? Sounds more like an idiosyncratic compulsory obsession of yours,

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lighten the load on the global trade system by giving people the free time to grow their own. No more evictions from primary residences!!!

[@LePedant]

I'd die if I got transported back 400 years. I have 0 ability to supply food for myself, I'm dependent on stores.

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LOL thanks smh I always asked myself this question but never done further research

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Dole, the better snack

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Slave labor

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