Knowra Globalization of food Globalization of food Globalization of food is the movement of foods, ingredients, and culinary practices across regions and cultures through trade, migration, media, and changing production systems.
Food supply chain : The network of production, processing, transport, storage, and sale that moves food from farms to consumers. Its international links carry ingredients across borders and connect distant producers with consumers.
Columbian Exchange : The transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia after 1492. It introduced crops such as maize and potatoes to regions far beyond their American origins.
Food sovereignty : The right of peoples to define their own food systems and control how food is produced and distributed. It challenges systems in which distant markets and corporations strongly shape local food choices.
Food localization : An approach that prioritizes producing, distributing, and consuming food within a limited geographic area. It offers a counterpoint to sourcing ingredients through long international supply chains.
Refrigerated transport : The movement of temperature-sensitive goods in vehicles and containers kept cold or frozen. Cold chains made long-distance trade in meat, fruit, and other perishables practical.
Green Revolution : The spread of high-yield crop varieties and associated farming technologies, especially from the mid-twentieth century. Its crop varieties and inputs reshaped food production and diets across national borders.
Dietary acculturation : Changes in eating patterns that occur as people encounter and adopt foods from other cultures. Cross-cultural food exchange can alter everyday diets, especially through migration and urbanization.
Slow Food : An international movement advocating food that is good, clean, and fair, with attention to local traditions. It responds to standardized, fast-moving food systems by emphasizing place-based food cultures.
Containerization : The use of standardized freight containers that transfer efficiently among ships, trains, and trucks. Standardized shipping lowered the cost and complexity of moving food between continents.
Coffee production : The cultivation and processing of coffee beans for domestic use and international markets. Coffee links tropical growing regions to consumers worldwide through a global commodity chain.
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