How Secure Is Our Food Supply?
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How secure is our food supply?
It’s easy to take our food supply system for granted, especially for those lucky enough not to have to worry about where their next meal’s coming from.
But how secure are our global food systems? Are we guaranteed a future in which supermarket shelves are always overflowing, dams are always full, and good rains always bring abundant harvests?
The answer, of course, is no. Now, more than ever before, our future food security is at risk. A new paper[1] by de Raymond et. al takes a close look at the concept of ‘systemic risk’ in relation to global food security. ‘Might food systems lastingly fail to supply, trade, and distribute food?’ ask the authors. ‘Might widespread unsustainable agricultural practices irreversibly alter...