Green Fairy Dusts: Three natural proposals to confront the nutrition and environment emergency

Marinella Correggia

Development, 2014, vol. 57, issue 2, 262-267

Abstract: In response to widespread malnutrition, under-nutrition and rampant obesity, and in the context of climate change, a wise nutrition path for the whole world should include locally produced traditional/innovative food supplements to accompany the recovery and adaptation of traditional and indigenous diets. The three ‘bright greens’ discussed here – among others – are spirulina algae, nettle leaves and the moringa tree’s many gifts. Easily powdered for a wide and versatile use, these ‘fairy dusts’ are practical and appropriate responses to the dual challenges of nutrition and climate change. They also offer an important transformational strategy against the dominant globalization of processed food.

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