Did you know that prawns travel thousands of kilometres and several continents before they reach your plate? Learn about the consequences of the long journey they make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have you ever wondered what happens beyond your plate?<\/strong> The food you eat may have travelled many kilometres <\/strong>and passed through many hands before being eaten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An established global industrial production system<\/strong> stores and transports food from anywhere in the world <\/strong>on any day of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The large gap between production and consumption hides numerous social and environmental consequences. On the one hand, it entails a great deal of energy expenditure<\/strong> and the construction of many infrastructures<\/strong>. On the other hand, it makes us live disconnected from the seasonal rhythms of local agriculture. This system causes a loss of food sovereignty<\/strong><\/a> and fosters unfair relations within the food chain so that only the most economically powerful companies in the sector benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want to learn more about the journey food takes from the moment of its harvest until it reaches your plate, read this article<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n