GS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Falafel, Religious Democracy, New Internationalist
Document Summary
Richard swift-2008 price of oil rose, global food crisis, financial meltdown. Each country needs to prioritize its own agricultural potential rather than relying on trade controlled by global corporations. More emphasis on local and regional markets will make domestic consumers less subject to the manipulation of grain and rice prices. The current high-tech approach is squandering soil fertility and a scarce water supply, turning what should be renewable resources into non-renewable ones. Meat production takes up much of the world"s grains and this needs to come to an end. The world produces more than enough food for us all to thrive. Our food crisis, is not a crisis of scarcity. Hunger is caused by a scarcity of democracy living democracy in which everyone has a say in their own futures and in which, therefore, the right to life"s essentials, including food, is protected.
