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.

SOURCES

Philippines
The development and agriculture paradigms transformed: Reflections from the small-scale organic rice fields of the Philippines Robin Broad &

Colonial history

Agribusiness

Age of Farmers

Land Tenure

Climate Change

Agroecology
Eric Holt-Giménez & Miguel A. Altieri (2013) Agroecology, Food Sovereignty, and the New Green Revolution, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 37:1, 90-102, DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2012.716388

Water Footprint

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[TheGetout]

This video series really helped me in understanding the "real world" further

[killercaos]

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

[autonomydepthconsciousness]

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.

[ancientswordrage]

I've only just noticed the leafy blouse! Epic

[ysraelm.dumadara]

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 🌍🌎 ♥️😭😭😭🇵🇭😱😱😱😁

[arnarninson]

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.

[lydiamulfinger]

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

[GaasubaMeskhenet]

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

[omarj]

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

[pmathewizard]

I really like some previous topic are used in this topic

[chickadeestevenson]

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

[JohnnyLodge]

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

[jarrettthomas]

This one definitely going into my watch later folder

[aarononeal]

Crash course needs to do a video about Ecosia the purpose movement.

[SIRKISSHY]

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

[yagamin]

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

[ianblake]

Agronomy is the name of this study I believe

[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.

[MrOnlyUp]

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

[GaasubaMeskhenet]

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