Countering the Threat of Global Food Homogenization

Industrialized agriculture and seed patents destroy crop diversity and threaten the future of food—if we let them

A handful of corporations dominate our food system, and the consequence is a loss of diversity, resilience, and freedom. But there's another way. Shutterstock

The push toward globalism isn’t limited to political schemes; it also includes efforts to influence agriculture and homogenize food consumption around the world. The origins and varieties of the food we eat have drastically changed in the past few decades thanks to changing farming practices, although this has likely escaped the notice of most everyday grocery shoppers.

In many nations, bountiful supermarket shelves provide the illusion of abundance, while powerful global monopolies increasingly control food production, limiting farmers’ control over their crops and endangering plant species.