Assignment 1: Sustainable food system
Estimate the viability of sustainable food system in three models
Choose three of the operating models (Palopuro, Soilfood, Qvidja, Kirkkokallion energiapuisto, Sybimar, Yhteinen Pöytä) designed to promote sustainable food production. Alternatively, you can choose two of these models and include one that you have found yourself as the third. Read source materials on the different models that you have been given or that you have found to get a clear picture of each. After watching the video lecture by Juha Helenius, during which he defines the sustainable food system, complete the two tasks listed below.
Subtask 1: Assess the sustainability of the three models intended for the promotion of the sustainability of food production that you have selected. Use the symbols listed below the matrix for the assessment. Fill in one column for each of the models (cases).
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Subject of assessment:
the food’s
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Model 1
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Model 2
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Model 3
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# nutritional value
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# safety (food safety)
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# accessibility (food security, economic responsibility)
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# suitability for the surrounding culture
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# ethicalness (well-being of animals, well-being at work)
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#ecological sustainability (promotes biodiversity, slight nitrogen and phosphorus-caused eutrophication, reasonable greenhouse gas emissions, the use of water does not endanger the availability of water...)
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# locality
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- Add verbal assessment on how effective the models are. If you observe that there are, for example, aspects of the model that compromise sustainability, please report these. Max 300 words for all three models in total.
- References (e.g., web sites, articles etc.), other than those that have been given in MOOC materials.
Assess to points marked with a hashtag (#) using the assessment scale and symbols shown below:
o Sustainability is not mentioned nor is it realised.
* Sustainability is mentioned, but it does not seem to be taken into consideration in any other manner.
** Sustainability has been taken into consideration in some parts or partly.
*** Sustainability is the model’s key objective and it has been taken into consideration extensively.
Subtask 2: List the substances/materials that are recycled in the models. Consider how the recycling is implemented and consider different possibilities for more effective recycling in the models/cases you assess. Length: 300-500 words