Big Risks with Big Agriculture
Six Foods we could lose in a plant disease outbreak.
MNN | Shea Gunther | Weak foods leave empty plates - The modern food industry likes consistency. Modern food and agricultural corporations operate on a huge scale, and that's where consistency matters. When it comes to the crops and animals that we eat, consistency means the variety gets the short straw — instead of growing multiple varieties of potatoes, for example, the industry relies on one or two primary strains. The few strains that are grown are susceptible to certain kinds of disease, and the results can be disastrous.
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