Industrial Revolution:

British Agricultural revolution 17th -19th Centuries

• Factories and mass production
• People now earned their livelihood
• Ubanisation
• Large Landholders enclosed properties, Agricultural workers moved to cities.

Food Procurement

• Farming specialisation
• Reliant on staple foods – such as potato
• Food distribution – markets – provided diverstiy
• Storage – Refrigeration ( Icebox patented in 1803)
•                   – Canning (1818)

Industrial revolution Impact

• Class differentiation
• Disease – due to malnutrition as a result of urbanisation
• Transportation of food
• Trade
• Food Diversity
• Enhanced food security
• Decrease in food prices
• Food Processing – refined grains     – declines in nutritional content of food.

Food & Preparation:

• 3 meals per day were consumed
• Typical meal – tea, boiled potatoes, bits of bacon (occasionally), bread, cheese, porridge.
• Affluent class – had more variety and quality of food.
• More meat, butter, cheese, bread, fruit & vegetables

Preparation

• Puchased pre-processed Flour, cheese, canned foods.
• Cooking facilities – dependent on class
• Storage