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[Thematic report]: The problem of food |
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by Oksana Zavaliy | 20-07-2020 18:43
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Nowadays the food supply chain is responsible for 26% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Besides that, food industry affects soil and water by changing their chemical compound and amount of nutrients and minerals. It may cause changes in the food chain as certain species may have trouble adjusting to the new environment. Animal agriculture produces only 37% of protein and 18% of calories but takes up 83% of the world's farmland. All these factors make it obvious that the food industry has to be regulated in order to minimize its negative impacts.
J. Poore and T. Nemecek suggest several ways to do it. The obvious one involves us, consumers. Switching to a plant-based diet can result in reduction of food's land use, decrease in greenhouse gas emissions and reduction of negative impacts on soil and fresh water. Being a responsible consumer and choosing low-impact products (e.g. choosing poultry over beef) would also benefit greatly. However, producers must also take action in order to solve this problem. It is difficult to make up a list of rules that every food company or farm in the world should follow. Every region and every type of agriculture have their own characteristics that should be taken into consideration. Food companies should monitor the impacts of their business to prevent harmful consequences. To my mind, government should incentivize food producers to lower their negative impact. It is fruitless to wait for commercial companies to change their ways since they have no interest in doing so. We need to enact laws that will make environmental practices more appealing to food suppliers and provide them with different ways to reduce their negative impacts. |
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6 Comments
Hello Oksana
Greetings and Namaste from Nepal
Wishing you a safe stay
Thank you for your report on The problem of food
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Green Cheers :)
Best wishes,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 22-07-2020 20:54
Hi, after reading your article, I learned a lot of interesting things. Thank you for the article . green cheers.
Posted 22-07-2020 00:02
Hello Oksana Zavaliy, this is mentor Taehyun!
Thank you for your article on environmental issues related to food! In these days when sustainable development is considered important, the problem of food that people use to eat three meals a day is the most important thing. In fact, many people know that meat has a bad effect on the environment, but it seems difficult to reduce or eliminate meat consumption in most of the already hardened diet cultures. Your solution to supply food more efficiently at the producer level stands out in that respect.
Thank you for the report!
Green cheers!
Posted 21-07-2020 03:30
Thanks for sharing.
Posted 21-07-2020 01:45
Hello Oksana,
This is Bal krishna from Nepal.
After going through your report, I know about the fact that food industry affects soil and water and there is change in chemical proportion. We should be aware of it and put pressure to the government and companies to lower the negative impacts.
green cheers~
Posted 21-07-2020 01:14
Greetings Oksana Zavaliy,
Each of us should be more concern regarding supply chain management. we should also think and act for our nearby supply substitute.
Thankyou for this report.
Regards,
Sandesh
Posted 20-07-2020 19:45