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    * Increased globalization of economy    * Increased globalization of economy
-     * Prevalence of large-scale over small-scale food production > environmental impacts such as pollution & reduction of soil fertility +     * Prevalence of large-scale over small-scale food production > environmental impacts such as pollution & reduction of soil fertility > reduction of available quantity & diversity of food + most of the food heavily polluted > starvation for specific locations & poor people; adverse health effects for a wide range of the world population; geopolitical instability. 
-     * Hyper-specialisation of food crops grown on a given territory > reduced resilience to extreme climatic events (see Environmental trends); what happens when transport becomes more expensive ?+     * Hyper-specialisation of food crops grown on a given territory > reduced resilience to extreme climatic events (see Environmental trends) > potentially massive scarcity of a essential food crops > reduction of available quantity & diversity of food + most of the food heavily polluted > starvation for specific locations & poor people; adverse health effects for a wide range of the world population; geopolitical instability.
    * Increased financiarisation of economy    * Increased financiarisation of economy
-     * Adverse effects of speculation on food prices > Reduction of food availability and diversity for most of the world population > Adverse health effects such as obesity, cancers & neurodegenerative diseases due to massive exposition to polluted food +     * Adverse effects of speculation on food prices > combined with increasing inequities in personal wealth, reduction of food availability and diversity for most of the world population > reduction of available quantity & diversity of food + most of the food heavily polluted > starvation for specific locations & poor people; adverse health effects for a wide range of the world population; geopolitical instability. 
-   * Increasing inequities in personal wealth > Reduction of food availability and diversity for most of the world population > Adverse health effects such as obesity, cancers & neurodegenerative diseases due to massive exposition to polluted food+   * Increasing inequities in personal wealth > reduction of food availability and diversity for most of the world population > reduction of available quantity & diversity of food + most of the food heavily polluted > starvation for specific locations & poor people; adverse health effects for a wide range of the world population; geopolitical instability. 
 +   * To a minor extent, localized alternative economies, such as local currencies, barter networks & gift economy initiatives > reduces inequities within economic players at local scale > better global health at local population scale. 
 +   * Global game changer: if a major demographic population, global economic player & industrial producer installs basic income... > may reverse the large-scale industrial dynamics > may induced better global health & wellness results.
  
 ===Demographic=== ===Demographic===
  
-   * Increase of global population > More food needed+   * Increase of global population > more food needed > combined with reduction of soil availability & fertility, reduction of available quantity & diversity of food + most of the food heavily polluted > starvation for specific locations & poor people; adverse health effects for a wide range of the world population; geopolitical instability.
    * Increase of urban population    * Increase of urban population
-     * Massive amount of energy needed to bring food to urban citizens > Increase resource depletion +     * Massive amount of energy needed to bring food to urban citizens  
-     * Increased urban pressure on neighboring fertile soils > Reducing availability of fertile soils+       * > increase energetic resource depletion rate (also needed for industrial food production) > reduction of available quantity & diversity of food + most of the food heavily polluted > starvation for specific locations & poor people; adverse health effects for a wide range of the world population; geopolitical instability. 
 +       * > increase of atmospheric, water and soil pollution due to transport industry > adverse health effects. 
 +     * Increased urban pressure on neighboring fertile soils > Reducing availability of fertile soils > reduction of available quantity & diversity of food + most of the food heavily polluted > starvation for specific locations & poor people; adverse health effects for a wide range of the world population; geopolitical instability.
  
 ===Cultural=== ===Cultural===
  
-   * Most prevalent religions & related food regimes (Pork-free Islam & Bee-free hinduism ?) +   * Most prevalent religions & related food regimes (Pork-free Islam & Bee-free hinduism ?) > changing the demand thus the production balance of food crops at world scale ? 
-   * Prevalent cultural impact to the food still produced industrially (Nestlé, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Exki...) +   * Prevalent cultural preference to industrially-produced food (Nestlé, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Exki...) 
-   * Moderate rise of GASAPs, Slow Food & Organic Food movements+   * Minority, stable or increasing, adhering to the GASAPs, Slow Food & Organic Food movements > combined with participation to alternative economic systems (see Economical trends), at least localized positive impacts on available food diversity & global health.
  
 ===Political=== ===Political===
 +   * Increase of patenting & decrease of authorized crop varieties 
 +     * > reduction of animal & plant species available for cooking > global impoverishment of food culture.
 +     * > decreased resilience to change in seasonal patterns & average climatic conditions > reduction of available quantity & diversity of food + most of the food heavily polluted > starvation for specific locations & poor people; adverse health effects for a wide range of the world population; geopolitical instability.
 +   * Increase of far-right, nationalist and identity-focused movements > (violent) incentive back to traditional cooking > reduction of food ingredients diversity at local scale ?
  
-   * Increase of far-right, nationalist and identity-focused movements > back to traditional cooking & reduced diversity of cooking 
-   * Increase of patenting & reduction of authorized varieties > reduction of animal & plant species available for cooking. 
  
 ===Boiling it down=== ===Boiling it down===
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