Hi friends, Happy Easter! Hope everyone has enjoyed the long weekend whatever you get up to. Once again, I’m late in sending this out, so I’ll get straight into it! Biodiversity and The Food System This is a fascinating interactive article that looks at how the biodiversity in our food system has decreased sharply in the past 100 years. The story around bananas is instructive and shows the pitfalls of relying on a limited variety of food types, in this case, the Cavendish banana. If the crop gets affected by blight, then it will spread across the globe affecting every species of its kind. This is why it’s better to hedge your bets with multiple species of banana, something we need to do in the years to come.
The Monday Mix (18/04/2022)
The Monday Mix (18/04/2022)
The Monday Mix (18/04/2022)
Hi friends, Happy Easter! Hope everyone has enjoyed the long weekend whatever you get up to. Once again, I’m late in sending this out, so I’ll get straight into it! Biodiversity and The Food System This is a fascinating interactive article that looks at how the biodiversity in our food system has decreased sharply in the past 100 years. The story around bananas is instructive and shows the pitfalls of relying on a limited variety of food types, in this case, the Cavendish banana. If the crop gets affected by blight, then it will spread across the globe affecting every species of its kind. This is why it’s better to hedge your bets with multiple species of banana, something we need to do in the years to come.