How the Gutenberg Diet Influenced Modern Nutrition

How the Gutenberg Diet Influenced Modern Nutrition · 1:22 · Intellect Plus

In short: The shift from diverse buffer crops to wheat monoculture during the Industrial Revolution shaped modern nutrition and global food homogeneity.

A 1:22 short film in the series “Food Origins”.

Sources used in this film: Academia.edu, “The shifting of buffer crop repertoires in pre-industrial northeastern Europe”; Nature, “The shifting of buffer crop repertoires in pre-industrial north-eastern Europe - Scientific Reports”; University of Oxford, “Estimating English wheat production in the Industrial Revolution - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive”; academia.edu, “Estimating English Wheat Production in the Industrial Revolution”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Changing diets and the transformation of the global food system”; Springer, “Global Trends in Wheat Production, Consumption and Trade”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “The shifting of buffer crop repertoires in pre-industrial north-eastern Europe”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “The Effect of Monoculture, Crop Rotation Combinations, and Continuous Bare Fallow on Soil CO2 Emissions, Earthworms, and Productivity of Winter Rye after a 50-Year Period”; Springer, “Effect of Cereal Monoculture and Tillage Systems on Grain Yield and Weed Infestation of Winter Durum Wheat - International Journal of Plant Production”.

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