#Repost @slowfood_international with @make_repost ・・・ 🐞🌴🐏 #Biodiversity is all around us, and protecting it through #agroecology is the only solution we have to preserve local communities, local food and the planet! “Now more than ever, if we want to ensure #GoodCleanFair food for all, it is necessary to start from biodiversity and invert a production model that is continuing to generate environmental and social disasters and undermining the foundations of food security both for the present generations and those of the future”, mentions Edie Mukiibi, vice-president of Slow Food. 👉 As far as our food is concerned, we are surrounded by biodiversity even if we do not see it: microorganisms in the soil guarantee its fertility, while fermented food such as bread, chocolate, cheese, wine and beer are all products of microbial biodiversity. Fermentation is caused by yeast, fungi and bacteria that are found in the soil, in pastures and in production environments. But it doesn’t stop there: biodiversity contributes to a healthy, diversified diet in a variety of ways. Local plant varieties and animal breeds — as well as wild species — often have a higher nutrient content than corresponding commercial and cultivated versions. The foods and eating styles that are good for human health are also the ones that have a lower impact on the planet’s environment. 🐌 “We should support the local communities who have selected, preserved and reproduced seeds, improving the yield, taste and nutritional value of a large number of vegetables, legumes and cereals”, urges Serena Milano, Secretary general of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity. We can only win this battle #together. Join us tomorrow in celebrating International Day for Biological Diversity! #SlowFood #BiodiversityDay @UNBiodiversity #ForNature (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPK8Npcsi_3/?utm_medium=tumblr
