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: In particular, soy monocropping is causing tensions in Argentina, as it displaces other types of farms. What can you do about it? Don’t buy packaged, processed food. Buy fresh, local foods grown by farmers with diverse operations. Cook real food from scratch in your own kitchen. 9. Finite Resources
Our modern, industrialized food system is dependent on fossil fuel based inputs and an unlimited supply of water and soil. All of these things are finite. Add to that that the food system is one of the biggest contributors to climate change, and it’s clear that we cannot continue the way we are going. We have to find a better way.