2007-04-25 Question your diet - Minnesota Daily

Our newly remodeled food system is also taking a toll on the environment. The impact of monocultures and a globalized food system is leading to a drastic increase in fossil fuel use. Today, we use 10 calories of fossil fuel energy for every one calorie of food energy produced. A few decades ago, two calories of food energy could be produced with only one calorie of fossil fuel energy. This is because monocultures are being fertilized with an abundance of petroleum and an enormous amount of oil is being used to ship food items around the world. Wild salmon from Alaska is being shipped to China for processing and then shipped back to America. Your everyday supermarket, as well as popular natural, organic grocery stores like Trader Joes and Whole Foods, are receiving many of their food items from other countries. This

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