food in the developed world
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FOOD IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD!
1 out of every 6 people in the world suffer from hunger!
Domestically, if topsoil loss and population growth trends continue, then the U.S. will cease
to be a food exporter by 2025.
Worldwide, this could threaten the survival of !
MILLIONS!
Only a small portion of the U.S. is food insecure, and undernourishment due to poverty is rare.!
OBESITY is our epidemic.!
Health problems resulting from being overweight and improperly nourished are much more widespread than stunting or wasting from improper nutrition.!
More and more people are living in dense, URBAN " " " " " " ENVIRONMENTS!
where they are REMOVED from traditional food sources. !
With, stressful jobs, poor exercise, and a myriad of fast food choices, experts say its not surprising that being overweight
is becoming a !GLOBAL TREND.
Health and Nutrition !The Western-pattern diet is characterized by high intakes of red meat, sugar desserts, high fat, and refined grains, all of which are Highly Processed through an Industrialized
food system
According to the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis: !Americans are getting nearly 1/3 of their calories from junk foods: soft drinks, sweets, desserts, alcoholic beverages, and salty snacks.
Health and Nutrition!According to the National Center for Health Statistics, almost a 1/3 of the adults
age 20 and Older in this country are obese
Diabetes among people in their thirties has Increased 70% in less than 10 years and the percentage of obese people has nearly doubled in the past 30
years.
$147 Billion !
Annual cost of
obesity on U.S. health
care
Health and Nutrition!and Social Equity !
United States Department of Agriculture reports that about 23.5 million Americans currently live in food deserts, including 6.5 million children
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines a food desert as any census district where at least 20% of the inhabitants are below the poverty line and 33% live over a mile from the nearest supermarket (or in rural areas, more than 10 miles).
What is a Food Desert?
POPULATION GROWTH!
Developing Countries
Developed Countries
Population Growth is not the major problem in developed countries.
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Lack of knowledge about food and health food choices are the main food issues in developed countries…!
It leads to the waste of Resources,!Unhealthy life style, and fast food production…!
U.S.
Although the U.S. population is only 4% of the world total, it consumes 25% of the total resources, as well as producing more carbon dioxide and waste per capita than any other nation. Any population changes in the U.S. have a powerful impact on global resources.
POPULATION vs ENERGY !
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY!The are large costs to agriculture, not only monetarily but ecologically as well; its heavy use of fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation, land, energy, and biological resources cause environmental degradation, dependence of fossil fuel energy and lower energy efficiency.
Monocultures have risen as a response to keep up this the demand of ever growing populations and profit-based agriculture. Monocultures however, are not possible without the large injections of fossil energy and machine power. These to factors lead to consequences such as soil erosion, reduced biodiversity, chemical contamination by fertilizers, and mining of water.
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY!
A major negative aspect of conventional farming is the use of flood irrigation. Water channels and canals distribute large amounts of water the fields. The fields often get over flooded and therefore excessive amounts of water are wasted. Hydroponics based farming is much different. Nutrient enriched water Is being constantly recirculated through the same growing channels. This method produces no agricultural runoff and operates on 70% less water than conventional methods.!
U.S. now imports 58% of its oil from the Middle East and other areas
Currently the equivalent of 400 gallons of oil is expended to feed each American… a mere 17% of all energy used in this country each year
Developing Nations!
United States 30x!
DISTANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY In the year 2000… nearly two billion people lived in cities
In the year 2003… this figure will have more than doubled
The average distance our food travels from source to our plates is 1500 miles or "food miles" and
the distance food travels within cities has increased 27% in the last 15 years which is in fact largely due to the distance between people and their
food markets.
As the distance between markets and the people that use them increases, the availability of good food decreases…areas where this has become especially true have become classified as food deserts.!
THE AGRICULTURE AND OIL INDUSTRIES ARE NOW TIED !
P E S T I C I D E F E R T I L I Z E R I R R I G A T I O N
T R A N S P O R T A T I O N
AGRICULTURAL! PRACTICES!
Monoculture is defined as “the cultivation or growth of a single crop or organism especially on agricultural or
forest land.” In the United States all of the major commodity crops (corn soybeans, cotton, wheat) are all
grow in a monoculture.
The current systems of agriculture in developed countries has e n a bled us to have more stable and abundant food supplies.
B E N E F I T S!
Monocultures keep up with the demand of ever growing populations.
EXPENSE!
large injections of fossil energy and machine power, subsequently contribute to soil erosion, reduced biodiversity, chemical contamination by fertilizers and mining of water.