Explain how trade and migration has impacted the world today in terms of food. Use examples from the article.
The world, in terms of food, has been heavily impacted through migration and travel, due changing political situations, and oversea opportunities. Changing political environments oversea opportunities, has resulted in many refugees and immigrants to move from their home country to another in hopes of a better life. Through this, food has become a way of connecting and maintaining traditions of their ancestors in a nation where they, the minority, are foreign to. Additionally, with the increase in immigration within countries, like Canada, the citizens have become more accepting towards other nationalities thus, are more willing to try the foods of other cultures. For example, in the article, how technology can help nations navigate the difficult path to food sovereignty, the author touches upon how they have, “eaten kisra [a Sudanese type of bread] and okra [a vegetable commonly consumed by South Asians and African descendants] in Edmonton with the Abibakris, a Sudanese family” (Bamidele Adekunle). Moreover, travel has changed the way many people experience food, “in the contemporary world, as people explore and learn from other cultures by including other food traditions in their own cuisine” (Adekunle). For instance, Toronto restaurants like Square Fish, and Rolltation have combined Japanese sushi with American foods, such as burgers and doughnuts, and Mexican styled burritos,
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In conclusion, trade and migration has resulted in people to become increasingly