Taste loss: why do we do this to ourselves?

The wide range of supermarkets and restaurants conceals that our food has never been more uniform, because everything comes from the same big companies. Consequence: loss of biodiversity, techniques, crafts, local dishes, flavors and food security at risk.

Dying Food: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Should Save Them'. Of the thousands of plants that people once ate, the world eats only a fraction. Rice, wheat and corn provide half of all calories, and then they come from only a limited number of varieties. On Jutland, writes Saladino, the body of a 2,500-year-old man has been found with in his stomach a gruel with the seeds of forty plant species. Come to that again.
NRC: The biodiversity on our plate

Why do we do this to ourselves?
We need to get rid of our addiction to cheap food'. According to Olivier De Schutter, former UN rapporteur on food, we sacrifice our health, waist and the environment at great prices in the supermarket. The only solution: we must refrain from our addiction to cheap eating. Half of the European population is too fat; obesity and diabetes take on epidemic forms and densely silted veins are still cause of death number one. Our food is unhealthy, comes from far too far and destroys the environment. Throughout the food chain, people are being exploited to maximize profits for large food multinationals and to keep the price to consumers as low as possible; from coffee farmers in developing countries, to illegal migrants in European fields and the cycling meal providers of Deliveroo in the city.

How do we feed 10 billion mouths in 2050?
That has been the question in our Food Store series. Our food production threatens to demand more from the planet than it can handle. Fortunately, there is something to do about that. But only with an extreme effort. Our daily bread threatens to engulf the Earth. Already, global food production is disproportionately harnessing natural resources such as fresh water, soil and clean air and is an important driver of climate warming. If developments continue, as is now with a growing world population, rising prosperity and, consequently, the demand for more food, then we are in danger of exceeding the Earth's carrying capacity. With all the risks involved: sea levels rise, forests disappear, biodiversity is crumbling, both on land and on water. Ecosystems are becoming unbalanced, putting natural cycles of vital importance to humans at risk.

Documentary about the revelations of nutrition.
Of course, the documentary can count on the necessary criticism from the government and its associated bodies. But the fact remains that it turns out to be all about money. Because the dairy and meat industry are the biggest money suppliers. And then, of course, we must not forget about the pharmaceutical industry, which also belongs to one of those big sponsors. And if you watch this documentary, it won't be a surprise.