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I’ve recently been reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan and happened across this article as well in IISD. Pollan’s book makes an interesting case for how much of the modern human diet, especially in the US, is now derived from corn and fossil fuels. As a result, many people are eating “food product” rather than actual food and this is probably a good part of the reason for so many people in modern countries being overweight or obese. The article also highlights a range of factors that are externalities such as healthcare or lost farm wages or environmental clean ups that are created by modern large scale industrialized agriculture.
All in all, this is an intriguing subject area with no easy answers but which impacts us all.
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