Food Superhighway
Each year 40,000 tons of bacon is exported from Denmark to Japan. Four hundred thousand tons of Canadian peas are sent to India. And millions of tons of potatoes are grown in the Egyptian desert from Scottish seeds, then shipped to Europe packed in Irish peat. This program outlines the astoundingly...
| Other Authors: | BBC Worldwide Ltd., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2011], c2009.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (49 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to the Food Superhighway (2:28)
- Barren Desert Farmland (2:27)
- Scottish Potatoes in Egypt (2:55)
- World Trade Revolution (4:37)
- Global Food Highway (2:00)
- Produce Quality Standards (3:03)
- Produce Cooling Process (3:00)
- Environmental Debate Over Air Freight (3:42)
- Tea Bags Join Food Superhighway (2:04)
- Tightly Controlled Food Production Environment (2:49)
- Alternative Produce Growing Method (3:00)
- Farmer's Struggle with Nature (2:27)
- Food Freshness Tools Techniques (3:36)
- Slowing Down Nature (2:56)
- Fresh but not Local Fish (2:52)
- Mechanical Fish Processing (3:54)
- Vast Food Distribution (1:33)
- Credits: Food Superhighway (0:34)