Food All Around the World

Over the years, especially recently, the world has become more globalized. When I think of globalization, I usually think about technology. However, this chapter describes globalization in agriculture. The increase in the ease of shipping over the years has meant that it has become easier and easier to ship crops all over the world. A trip to the grocery store would demonstrate this. It is no longer necessary to find a cultural food store in order to get ingredients for specific cultural dishes. Furthermore, there are more cultural food stores in a closer proximity to other stores, rather than being hard to find. Both of these instances show how globalization or agriculture is making foods that are not native to a specific area easier to find.
Interestingly, some crops can now be grown far away from their country and climate of origin. Although not necessarily a recent development, greenhouses demonstrate this option. Foods that cannot be grown in certain areas or at certain times of the year can now be grown all over the world because of technology that allows us to reproduce specific climates.