Marieta Sakalian ( 2019, Feb 19). Towards a great transformation UN Envionrmnet. Retrieved (2019, Feb 24) From:
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/towards-great-food-transformation
Summary: In this article, the author is conveying the importance of diversity in nutrition. The author explains how people could grow a variety of food while conserving resources, as well as helping the environment. This article also talks about malnutrition and how there are over 820 million people around the world that do not get the proper nutrients that they need. The article states that although there are 250,000 plant species only 7000 have been used for agriculture and that there could be other plants that we have not tried that are edible.
Relation to Environmental science:
This article explains why it is important for agriculture to not take over all the resources. It shows that it has caused deforestation and explains how wasteful humans are. If we were to not be so wasteful it would mitigate many of the problems that we have with our environment. For example ,the article talks about using less water when growing food, this is important because water is a valuable resource that should not be wasted.
Wow this is really interesting! I definitely agree that we need to promote crop diversity to increase food stability and help the environment. I know there are a lot of places growing crops that should not be grown in that environment. Do you know of any crops that could be beneficial to the U.S. if grown here (but are not currently)?
I know that California grows a lot of fruits and vegetables such as grape vines that are economically profitable and good for the environment given the climate of California.