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Future food and health sustainability

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Define food security.

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Define food security.

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Reliable physical and economic **access** to enough safe, nutritious food.

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Food availability vs food security?

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**Availability** = how much food is produced/supplied; **security** also needs **access**, affordability and stability.

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Define sustainability (food).

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Meeting present food needs **without depleting** the land, water and climate future generations need.

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What are GM organisms?

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Crops or animals whose **DNA is altered** to raise yield or add pest/drought/frost resistance.

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What is vertical farming?

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Growing crops in **stacked indoor layers**, year-round, on a tiny land footprint with recycled water.

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What is in vitro (lab-grown) meat?

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Meat **cultured from animal cells** without raising livestock — far less land and water than conventional meat.

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How does cutting food waste help?

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Feeds more people with **no new land or water**, and saves the water, energy and fertiliser already used.

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One environmental downside of GM crops?

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**Biodiversity loss** — wide single-variety planting plus herbicide use removes wild plants and insects.

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One social downside of GM crops?

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**Inequality** — patented, costly seed leaves poorer farmers behind richer ones.

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Case study — Green Revolution in India?

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High-yield grain made India self-sufficient (availability) but **drained aquifers** and worsened inequality (sustainability cost).

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Health link — prevention vs treatment?

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Diseases like **malaria** (sub-Saharan Africa) and **cholera** (Haiti 2010) are far cheaper to **prevent** (nets, vaccines, clean water) than to treat.

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What does a top [10] food essay need?

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A structured, evidenced argument, **named located examples**, both sides weighed, and a **justified conclusion**.

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