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Global food system, Agroecology - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Shifting to a more plant-based way of eating will help reduce freshwater withdrawals and deforestation
    - - Meat production
        
        greenhouse gas emissions
        
        the environmental burden deepens
      - raising and transporting livestock also requires more
        
        Food
        
        Water
        
        land
        
        energy
    - - Fish are a healthy choice, but a variety of it should be really helpful
        
        some species are at risk of being overfished, or produced in ways that harm the marine environment
    - - Visit farmers market, you may find fresh product grown locally, and probably meeting its producer and making a good relationship with them
    - - you may learn that you don’t need as much food as you thought, and resize your meals accordingly
  - - - Build and maintain healthy soil
      - Manage water wisely
      - Minimize air, water, and climate pollution
      - Promote biodiversity
  - - - UN World Commission on Environment and Development states that sustainable development is
        
        “Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
    - - The world’s population is growing exponentially.
      - There is a finite supply of non-renewable natural resources available
      - pricing pressure on non-renewable commodities
        
        major impact on sustainable business practices going forward
    - - Green space
      - Crop rotation
      - Sustainable Design and Construction
      - Water Efficient Fixtures
      - Renewable Clean Energy
      - Waste to Energy Recycling
      - Water Treatment
  - - - World population
        
        Grow
        
        8.3 billion
    - - increasing competition for natural resources
    - - all nations overweight and obesity is rising
    - - youth numbers are increasing
- - - - Definition
        
        Disruption of food intake or eating patterns
        
        Lack of money and other resources
      - Low food security
        
        Reports of reduced
        
        quality
        
        Of diet
        
        variety
        
        desirability
        
        Little or no indication of reduced food intake
      - Very low food security
        
        Reports of multiple indications of
        
        disrupted eating patterns
        
        reduced food intake
      - Obesity
        
        Lack of access to affordable healthy food for all adults
        
        There are a lot of factors in order to obesity to occur
        
        Unhealthy food
        
        Environment
        
        can't access to supermarkets which sells affordable healthy foods
        
        Food advertising
        
        Not having parks, affordable gyms, sidewalks, etc...
        
        Genetics
        
        Emotional factors
        
        Money
        
        Healthy foods = expensive
        
        Unhealthy foods = cheaper
    - - "More than 29 million Americans live in “food deserts”, which means that they do not have a supermarket “within a mile of their home if they live in an urban area, or within 10 miles of their home if they live in a rural area.” (The Top 5 Problems, 2019).
      - "About 795 million people suffer from chronic undernourishment, and about 15% of households in the U.S. lack food to a certain degree" (The Top 5 Problems, 2019).
    - - need an international effort in order to develop
        
        local and regional markets
        
        improves infrastructure to ease transportation
        
        increase agricultural investment
  - - - Initiatives
        
        Low-cost storage methods close to farms
        
        Improved retristibution
        
        transportation processes
        
        enhancements in the agricultural infrastructure
      - education on proper storage methods
        
        reduce consumer food waste
      - clarification of “sell-by” and “best-before” labels
    - - about 1.3 billion tons per year.
      - "Halving this rate could close the global food gap by 20% by 2050" (The Top 5 Problems, 2019).
    - - Methane
        
        emitted by rotting food
        
        23 times more potent than carbon dioxide
- - - - trees
        
        how food production and nature can co-exist
      - farming