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Food Supply Chain

Food Supply Chain. Factors Affecting Food Supply and Production. Environmental and Biotechnology. Biotechnology in Food Production. Biotechnology. i) Bovine Growth Hormone Can be injected into cows to have them increase mile production by 8-17%. Biotechnology.

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Food Supply Chain

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  1. Food Supply Chain • Factors Affecting Food Supply and Production Environmental and Biotechnology

  2. Biotechnology in Food Production

  3. Biotechnology • i) Bovine Growth Hormone • Can be injected into cows to have them increase mile production by 8-17%

  4. Biotechnology • rBGH is banned in Canada, Japan, and Australia

  5. Biotechnology • Concerns • Cancer risk: Colon, Prostate, Breast • Antibiotic Resistance • A tool for factory farms: in the US 22% of cows injected with rBGH

  6. Biotechnology • ii) Packaging to produce spoiling • Plastic wrap and other food packing can help prevent food from spoiling

  7. Biotechnology • Natural antibiotic substances combine with biodegradable polymers to create food wraps that prevent biofilm formation • Some are even edible! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVYpmXRHu00

  8. Biotechnology • iii) Golden Rice • Engineered in 2005, produced 23 times the B-carotene of original rice • Can be used to combat vitamin A deficiency

  9. Environmental Factors and Food Supply

  10. Environmental • i) Pesticides • The industrial age introduced manufactured pesticides and fertilizers

  11. Environmental • Pros: • Control Disease • Can lead to increased food production • Saves 8% of crops annually • Cons: • Can kill beneficial insects • Runoff chemicals can run into streams/lakes • 1-5 million people affected by poisoning

  12. Environmental • ii) Irradiation: Process of treating food with radiation, process slowly halts spoilage

  13. Environmental • iii) Fertilizer: Added to soil to supply one o more nutrient (P,N, K) • Conservative estimations guess that 30-50% of crop yields are due to commercial fertilizer

  14. GMOs

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