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Urban Gardens And Nutrition In Sioux Falls, Sd, Austin Brynjulson
Urban Gardens And Nutrition In Sioux Falls, Sd, Austin Brynjulson
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With the global population recently surpassing seven and a half billion, questions about feeding the population have emerged. In the past, increased demand for food was addressed through increasing intensification of land use and increasing the area of land under cultivation. Despite these efforts, food insecurity has increased for much of the population over this period, where, according to the USDA, in the U.S. 49.1 million people were food insecure in 2013. Food insecurity in this regard is the lack of access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food at all times. While the complex global food system may be difficult …