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"Have you ever looked down at your breakfast, lunch or dinner and considered
where the various ingredients travelled from to reach your plate?
A basic sandwich in New Zealand can easily represent five countries: an
Australian wheat and Indian sesame seed roll, Danish salami, local lettuce and
cheese, seasoned with Vietnamese pepper.
And because your food travels a long way to reach you, so does your nutrition.
Research on global food trade – particularly trade in cereals – has a long
history. More recently, researchers have begun considering the nutrients –
energy, protein, vitamins, minerals – that move around the world within traded
food.
As we learn more about the global trade in nutrients we can build a better
picture of how these key dietary ingredients are distributed, and how they
affect global population health."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
