The food strategy--a springboard for questions
1980
Welsh, Jennifer M.
The concept of "efficiency" that emerged from the Canadian National Food Strategy Conference in February 1978 is vague and narrow in approach, ignoring important external factors. Although its links with the food production industry are understandable, the approach fails to address other costs in the food sysem such as welfare payments due to job loss, health costs of poor nutrition, and future costs of depleted lands and energy resources. No serious consideration is given to the long-tertm sustainability of the food system, including the energy requirements for production, processing, distribution, and preparation. Some unquestioned assumptions, such as centralization of food production, need to be reconsidered; decentralization would minimize energy costs, resource depletion, and ecological hazards. Control of environmental damage requires a more biological approach to agriculture. Though the issues are complex, the Canadian responsibilities to future generations and to other nations must be considered.
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