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week_2_”System Thinking”

prompt 1.

  • Which system (type of stakeholder) that Easterbrook identified did you find your own understanding of GMOs most aligned with? Why? What are some of the stakes of these stakeholders?

Within eight types of systems, I am most aligned with system 8, the system “of sustainable agriculture, with long time horizons. ”

Speaking from my experiences, as we go into the capital markets nowadays, we usually get one kind of single type of vegetable. We might consider that a certain type that has been provided is grown locally to save distribution costs and once we check the tag finding out is all the way transported from the other side of your country. Instead, when going into farmer’s markets, we find all types of wicked-looking vegetables that are grown locally. The possible action of inserting a centralized, diversity-eliminating agricultural solution into a complex system is an underestimation of our ecosystem.

the stakes of system 8 holders might include the pursuit of eco-sustainability, diversity in seed stocks, and organic farming that request fewer artificial inputs.

prompt 2.

  • Using your own topic for research, can you Identify 3 stakeholders (groups or phenomenon) with different perspectives, and then describe the system (the stakes) from which they are operating? For instance, if the subject is “Safari Parks”, 3 stakeholders could be (1) Animal Rights activists, (2) the region’s Board of Tourism, and (3) the local land itself.   The first operates in a system of ethics around the treatment of animals; the second in a networked system of economic benefits for the community (hotels, food, and attractions), and the third, in an ecosystem that the safari park may put at risk, by introducing pollutants from animal waste and fertilizer, and ecological competitors such as escaped non-indigenous plant products used in the landscaping of the Safari Park.

Kinship | Grafting

3 stakeholders could be (1) domestication of plants (crops),  (2) botanists, and  (3) family farming.
The first operates in a system of human food source supply and sufficiency; the second in the field of plant genetic engineering, and the third, in a small unit of the local food supply chain, which may have less access to advanced grafting techniques.

1 thought on “week_2_”System Thinking””

  1. “Instead, when going into farmer’s markets, we find all types of wicked-looking vegetables that are grown locally.” “We eat with our eyes” comes to mind. Why do consumers tend to value/place emphasis on the exterior of the produce?

    I am a bit confused about (1) domestication of plants (crops) operating in a system of food supply. Could you clarify?

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