糧食戰爭

當前在世界的食物供求體系中有一個嚴重問題, 這單一問題同時反映於肥胖與飢餓當中. 不錯, 肥胖與飢餓因同一因素產生.

問題出於食物供應中重重的bottle neck. 在大量的生產者和消費者當中, 只有小數的買家/ 批發, 食物企業, 銷售企業. 他們卻控制了兩端.

1. 消費者的選擇全由超級市場根據成本及利潤决定. 本地及當季的產出被排擠.
2. 發展中國家人口或弱勢社羣較易超重, 因他們較大機會被提供廉價熱量.
3. 大量南方國家農民因債務而變得越來越貧窮. 對耕作的權力越來越小. 產出的價值每況越下. 耕作的人得不到足夠的營養. 農民自殺率是城市的三倍.
4. 全球化改變了世界各地人民的口味. 越來越统一的食物供應擠壓了本土產出. 農民成為貿易貨幣經濟戰爭中的前綫陣亡將士.

What am I going to do
1. Support local food. To us in HK, that means more NT or mainland vegetables. Less imported vege if there is a choice. e.g. for Tomato, I have been supported mainland's "大紅蕃茄" for a long time. They are very sweet and juicy. Japanese ones are not always good!
2. Support organic vege
3. Support fair trade products
4. Eat seasonal vege. 小時候媽媽常告訴我什麼季節適合吃什麼. Though we can even eat Choi Sum in summer nowadays, I believe taking seasonable food is a respect to the nature.
5. Do more cooking - so that I can choose the food i want.
6. Refuse high calarie food even need to work late. It's always tempting to take more "good food" after a long overtime work. Need to try to avoid that by eating more regularly.




This is summary after reading:
Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System.
by Raj Patel