Minimal by Madeleine Olivia

Author:Madeleine Olivia [Olivia, Madeleine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781473573666
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Published: 2020-01-09T00:00:00+00:00

Humans

When considering food ethics, we must also think of humans and whether our collective greed for a certain food puts marginalised groups in inhumane and unethical working environments. Even plant-based foods aren’t free from unethical supply chains. For example, many workers in the cashew industry, earning as little as £1.70 to £2.15 a day, suffer with debilitating burns to their hands as they aren’t provided with gloves to protect them from the harmful liquid that comes out of cashews.51 Our obsession with avocado toast also comes at a cost. Much of the production of the fruit in Mexico is controlled by drug cartels, where farmers are forced to give up a percentage of their income, risking their lives if they don’t.52

Overfishing, pollution of our waters, ocean acidification, coral bleaching and oceanwide migration of fish due to climate change are all greatly affecting communities around the world who rely on seafood as a main source of food. Indigenous people in the Arctic depend on hunting to support their local economy, and as a part of their cultural and social identity. They consume larger amounts of fish and marine mammals and are therefore at a higher risk of exposure to pollutants.53 Not only this, but the availability of these traditional food sources, alongside decreased safety in the changing ice and weather conditions, poses a threat to their health and food security.54

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