• LesserAbe@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    This is a legitimate line of research, but the headline is misleading.

    For the most part all nations can and are feeding themselves. It’s saying they can’t produce a balanced diet domestically, they rely on trade.

    It would be like saying “Most people can’t attain clean drinking water.” Sure, I can’t install plumbing myself, and I don’t have a water treatment plant. But I do have clean drinking water. I pay the town for the supply, and I pay a plumber to install pipes in my house.

    What the study is highlighting is that in the event of a disruption to trade, like a war or new nationalist policies, pretty much all countries could face difficulties. Of course countries and people make changes to their behavior based on changes in circumstance, and a balanced diet is different than a life or death diet.

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    5 months ago

    the only country that is self-sufficient in all seven food groups, fruit, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, legumes nuts and seeds and starchy staples

    Shortage of McNuggets in many places