Jace Evans
Ms. Wilson
AP English III, D
4-23-16
The Future of Food Paper: America was once a nation of farmers, cultivating not only soil by the future of the generations to come. Today, less than two percent of the population is involved with farming in any way, but in reality it’s not farming. People no longer plant all natural seeds that were harvested the year before, they now plant patented seeds which contain added advantages from antibiotics to vaccines, all at the price of the long term health of humans who consume them and the environment. We call them GMOs. One of the most pressing issues is that of sustainablity, which I touched briefly on in my presentation. We now posess multiple physical limting factors such as water, energy …show more content…
Current trends in livestock and biofuels are spelling out crises for the next generation, seeing how they inneficiently use food related resources. This in turn doesn’t help the pressure on exacerbent food prices which or only aggravated more so by volatile market dynamics, inadequate global coordination, energy markets, climate change, effects of population growth and water/land scarcity. These pressures in food prices are direct results of a concentration of supply, meaning that most of our food comes from a few certain crops although there more than 50,000 edible plants. And even with all these challenges we face, there are plenty potential paths of action which could be of great benefit to us as a human race. For one, organized small, medium, and large farm interaction would increase compatibility and lower competition for customers, therfore increasing the output of food and lower waste. Not to mention the combined efforts would lead to increased private enterprise, which we all must recognize will play a significant role in many solutions. Instead of trying to increase production, we need to increase …show more content…
When kept in check, these corporations give up profit unwillingly in order for more food security and added environmental benefits, especially in developing countries, which will help spread the wealth and boost the economy. This boost in the economy will allow for more focus on human nutrition instead of mere production. Agricultural policies and investments in similar areas will not only increase the food supply in the long run, but make a healthier community which can then produce this food more efficiently. This all starts with developed, indusrial capable countries like the United States of America. Simultaneously faced with record numbers or malnourished and obese, we need to utilize our production and exports/inports which will then unlock the nutrition which is so vital to the survival of the human race. But our constant failure when it comes to structural mechanisms which would enable us to send food from sources that are in abundance to areas of need shows moral impurity, market flaws and policy imperfections. Drawing from the great Warren Buffet who said that markets are inneficient, then it makes complete sense not to rely solely on it for solutions, but instead to lean on it when
Ms. Wilson
AP English III, D
4-23-16
The Future of Food Paper: America was once a nation of farmers, cultivating not only soil by the future of the generations to come. Today, less than two percent of the population is involved with farming in any way, but in reality it’s not farming. People no longer plant all natural seeds that were harvested the year before, they now plant patented seeds which contain added advantages from antibiotics to vaccines, all at the price of the long term health of humans who consume them and the environment. We call them GMOs. One of the most pressing issues is that of sustainablity, which I touched briefly on in my presentation. We now posess multiple physical limting factors such as water, energy …show more content…
Current trends in livestock and biofuels are spelling out crises for the next generation, seeing how they inneficiently use food related resources. This in turn doesn’t help the pressure on exacerbent food prices which or only aggravated more so by volatile market dynamics, inadequate global coordination, energy markets, climate change, effects of population growth and water/land scarcity. These pressures in food prices are direct results of a concentration of supply, meaning that most of our food comes from a few certain crops although there more than 50,000 edible plants. And even with all these challenges we face, there are plenty potential paths of action which could be of great benefit to us as a human race. For one, organized small, medium, and large farm interaction would increase compatibility and lower competition for customers, therfore increasing the output of food and lower waste. Not to mention the combined efforts would lead to increased private enterprise, which we all must recognize will play a significant role in many solutions. Instead of trying to increase production, we need to increase …show more content…
When kept in check, these corporations give up profit unwillingly in order for more food security and added environmental benefits, especially in developing countries, which will help spread the wealth and boost the economy. This boost in the economy will allow for more focus on human nutrition instead of mere production. Agricultural policies and investments in similar areas will not only increase the food supply in the long run, but make a healthier community which can then produce this food more efficiently. This all starts with developed, indusrial capable countries like the United States of America. Simultaneously faced with record numbers or malnourished and obese, we need to utilize our production and exports/inports which will then unlock the nutrition which is so vital to the survival of the human race. But our constant failure when it comes to structural mechanisms which would enable us to send food from sources that are in abundance to areas of need shows moral impurity, market flaws and policy imperfections. Drawing from the great Warren Buffet who said that markets are inneficient, then it makes complete sense not to rely solely on it for solutions, but instead to lean on it when