Author Dan Saladino has traveled to remote corners of the world to try to understand why our modern diet is less varied than ever. Throughout history, humans have dined on 6,000 species of plants. Now most of us have whittled our diet down to just nine. Saladino and The World’s Marco Werman discuss why we need to pay more attention to diversifying the world’s food supply.
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