美国的食物体系和相关政策

America Food System and Related Policies

当今的食物体系过于关注产量而排斥其它目标,导致其走上了一条不可持续的发展道路。农作物和牲畜的工业化生产不仅是这个问题的源头,更是导致这一现象愈演愈烈的罪魁祸首。工业化是技术变革和公共政策的共同结果,也是新兴的全球化贸易的产物。当前的食物体系对土壤、淡水和化石燃料等不可再生资源存在着高度依赖。本文介绍了工业化对人类和农业生态系统的影响,简述了美国农业与食品政策。

Today＇s food system is concerned about the production too much to the exclusion of other goals,leading to a path of unsustainable development.Industrial production of crops and livestock is not only the source of the problem,but also the culprit that led to this phenomenon intensified.Industrialization is the common result of technological change and public policy and product of the emerging globalization of trade.Today＇s food system has a high degree of dependency on non-renewable resources such as soil,fresh water, and fossil fuels.This article described the impact of industrial and agricultural ecosystems on human and describe the U.S.agficultural and food policy.