Review: Air Pollution, Food Production and Food Security

harvesting crops in field
Harvest season in Pesotum, Illinois, by James Baltz, 2019, Unsplash.

When it comes to food production, air pollution is arguably much more prone to being overlooked than soil and water pollution, due to how it cannot be easily identified by the naked eye. 

However, another bigger issue is how we tend to only consider the impacts of air pollution from the perspectives of agriculture and public health. On the contrary, there have not been many studies performed on the wider implications of air pollution on food security. Today, our review of a journal article, Air pollution, food production and food security: A review from the perspective of food system, by Sun, Dai and Yu (2017) will focus on how air pollution brings about changes in our food system. 

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Guess They Didn’t Die A Hero Then…

fruits and vegetables
Two-thirds in this photo, another third wasted, by Diego Passadori, 2019, Unsplash.

Here’s a recap from our previous post: the environmental impacts of food waste can be classified into two parts – the direct pollution of air, water, and soil, as well as the exacerbation of negative environmental impacts of food production and consumption. This blog entry will zoom in on the environmental pollution which occurs as a direct consequence of food wastage. 

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When Food Pollutes Our Earth

monkey eating watermelon on street
A monkey gobbling up pieces of smashed watermelon on a street in Ubud, Indonesia, by Radoslaw Prekurat, 2017, Unsplash.

Remember how I mentioned that food can be both a victim and perpetrator of environmental pollution in my very first post? Today, we will explore the links between food waste and environmental pollution, to give you a better idea of why we should avoid wasting food if we want to save our planet.

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