- Is yield the most important value of our agricultural output, or should we be measuring other things, like nutrition or community health?
- If we want a healthy population, what foods should we be focused on growing to feed people?Some of the healthiest foods are those that are indigenous to different regions of the world and have been staples in the diets of peasants for hundreds or thousands of years. Now, the high mortality among these people traditionally might lull us into the belief that they didn't have a good diet. But it appears that they died from communicable disease despite having a good diet. We know how to control most communicable diseases, so if we can add a good diet back on top of that, we should be healthier down the road. Foodtank.org has a list of some of these, and before you say "Oh, these will never catch on" think about the way in which the quinoa of the Incas has all of a sudden become world famous.
- How can we ensure that we are growing food for people today, but also setting up our grandchildren for food security tomorrow?
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