Major Food Sources Chapter 11 APES January 2008. Food What do we eat? What do other cultures eat? Are we using our food resources effectively? What changes.

Major Food Sources

Chapter 11

APES January 2008

Food

What do we eat? What do other cultures eat? Are we using our food resources effectively? What changes could we make to do better?

Do we have enough for all?

Can the world support the population that is skyrocketing? Can we feed these folks?

Our global grocery

Despite the fact that we have innumerable edibles on our planet, we exist on:

One dozen seeds/grains

20 fruits/vegetables

6 mammals

2 fowl

A few fish and marine life

Our global grocery

Beef

Veggie data

Link for data:]

http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp

Major Crops of the World

Wheat Rice Maize

Some staggering numbers:

1,600 metric tons grown each year Staples for 5 billion people 60 calories consumed by people directly

What about special climates?

Sometimes these crops cannot be grown in the areas due to climate limits.

As a result some folks have adapted to eating what they can grow.

Cool, moist, high altitude climes

Potatoes, barley, oats, rye

Warm, wet climes

Cassava, sweet potatoes, roots and tubers

Drought options

Sorghum and millet

Fruits and Vegetables

High levels of vitamins Minerals Fiber Complex carbohydrates

Now for the Decadent foodstuffs:

Meat Milk Seafood

Do we need it?No. Do we want it and like it?Yes.

The Stats:

North America, Japan and Europe (20% of the worlds population) consume 80% of the worlds meat.

The 80% raise 60% of the 3 billion ruminants and 6 billion poultry but only consume 20% of the animals products.

HMMMMM………something’s wrong here?

HMMMMM………something’s wrong here?

Here’s the most amazing fact:

90 percent of US grain goes to feeding dairy and beef cattle, hogs, poultry, and other animals.

Ponder that for a moment.

Here

OR

Here?

Where should the

Life giving grain go?

Consider the numbers:

16kg of soybeans gets turned into 1kg edible beef (15kg wasted as heat….review?)

If you ate it directly you would get 21 times more calories and 8 times more protein as well as a healthier colon and heart.

Hogs: 2 times as efficient as beef

Poultry: 4 times as efficient

Vegetarianism

Could you make an argument that it’s better for: Your health Human rights The environment Global change An animal rights too?

Might be something to check into.

This is why I hunt.

Arguments against meat

Tax the meat!

Meat consumption in the US

Go veg

Scary facts from the union for concerned scientists

Ahhhhh…..and seafood.

94 million metric tons of seafood are consumed by humans

Important protein source for some countries

So what’s the problem with fish?

Over harvesting and habitat destruction

Some Scary stats:

Since 1989: 14 of 17 major marine fisheries have taken a plunge in population

UN: 70% of edible seafood is declining and in need of conservation efforts

1 in 4 animals caught is an “unwanted” catch.

(birds, mammals, reptiles, other fish)

WHY????

Pressures of a growing population Better fishing technology Global warming and habitat damage Exotics

After decades of growth, the reported global wild fish catch peaked in 2000 at 96 million tons and fell to 90 million tons in 2003, the last year for which worldwide data are available. The catch per person dropped from an average of 17 kilograms in the late 1980s to 14 kilograms in 2003—the lowest figure since 1965.

Annual fish catch (millions of tonnes): North America

Annual fish, mollusc and crustacean catch (milllion tonnes) by region

Annual fish, mollusk and crustacean catch per capita (kg) by region

Annual aquaculture production (million tonnes) by region

Some cool Overharvesting links

BBC 2050 we may be done….how old will you be?

Threats to our oceans

Types of fishing methods

Links to types of fishing

Pics of types of fishing

How to save our oceans

Is it that complex of an issue?

EAT fish that you know has been farmed in a sustainable way.

Convince others to save the fish while there is still time.

SO what does this all mean to you?

What role does food play for you in your life?CultureSurvival Social normsOthers?

How do you make changes and still fit in?

Or do you?