Cronavirus Lessons And The Food Crisis That Is Developing

The coronavirus pandemic shows how vulnerable we are to forces out of our control.
We have been reckless and cruel in our treatment of each other and of how we treat this planet.
Although it is not conclusive yet, there is a good chance this virus originated from the eating of an animal that never should have been eaten. When this pandemic ends, we must move aggressively to end the trade in wildlife and the consumption of wildlife. This practice, eating wildlife, even if it is proven to not be the cause of coronavirus, has already caused the introduction of other diseases into the human population. The more wildlife and nature are destroyed, the greater the risks to mankind.

Business as usual has been that humans can overpopulate, wage war, promote hatred and bigotry, ignore the environment, and do whatever we want with reckless abandonment. Our oceans are depleted and turning into garbage pits filled with plastic and other waste, along with radioactive and other toxic materials.

Land usage has been poorly planned and reckless. This includes, to mention just one thing, the shallow, unproductive concept of beauty; green lawns that require lots of water, pesticides and other chemicals, along with fertilizers that destroy oceans and create algae blooms. This has resulted in huge losses of biodiversity and the introduction into the environment of enormous amounts of poisons and ocean destroying fertilizers. 

Imagine if people moved away from the green lawn concept that provides little benefit to the environment compared to the enormous harm that is caused by green lawn upkeep, and grow instead trees and native plants that attract wildlife and increase biodiversity. Imagine if people use their land  to also grow fruit trees, moringa trees in suitable habitats, and plants that can provide food so that there is greater self sufficiency on ourselves and less reliance on others for basic necessities.

The lockdowns and shutdowns throughout much of the world now exposes millions to hunger and disease from the lack of food and the lack of proper food. Enormous numbers of people live in dire poverty. The more the global economy falters, hundreds of millions of people are more exposed to malnutrition, starvation and disease.

Millions of people in a number of developing countries face disease and death from food shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic. This is a crisis that is not being addressed.