Title: The 10 Biggest Issues with the Global Food System
Headings: The 10 Biggest Issues With the Global Food System
The 10 Biggest Issues With the Global Food System
1. Food Safety
What can you do about it?
2. Declining Wild Fish Stocks
What can you do about it?
3. Poor Aquaculture Practices
What can you do about it?
4. Genetically Modified Crops
What can you do about it?
5. Exploitation of Workers
What can you do about it?
6. Lack of Equal Access
What can you do about it?
7. Not Enough People Engaged in Agriculture
What can you do about it?
8. Monocrops
What can you do about it?
9. Finite Resources
What can you do about it?
10. Biofuel Production
What can you do about it?
Vanessa Barrington

Content: What can you do about it? One way is to grow your own, support neighborhood and school gardens, and urban agriculture. But the real change has to happen at the policy level, so speak up. Now is the time to start working with groups engaged in guiding policy for the next farm bill, such as The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. 8. Monocrops
Monocropping is bad for the environment because it’s chemical dependent, harmful to wildlife and ecosystems, and kills the soil. It also increases the chances of famine due to lack of crop diversity. It makes communities dependent on imports of other needed crops, instead of fostering self-reliance. Processed packaged foods depend on monocrops, like palm oil, that cause deforestation and push indigenous people off their land, and soy, which is often genetically modified. ( See point 4 from last week).