The rose was designated the official flower and floral emblem of the United States of America in 1986.

The native flora of the United States has provided the world with a large number of horticultural and agricultural plants, mostly ornamentals, such as flowering dogwood, redbud, mountain laurel, bald cypress, southern magnolia, and black locust, all now cultivated in temperate regions worldwide, but also various food …

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• Squash. As one of the “Three Sisters,” three main agricultural crops native to North America (along with beans and corn), squash varieties come in different shapes and sizes.
• Corn (Maize)
• Avocados.
• Peppers.
• Potatoes.
• Beans.
• Tomatoes.
• Tomatillos.

Americas

Cereals	Maize (corn), maygrass, and little barley
Fruits	Tomatoes, chili peppers, avocados, cranberries, black raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, elderberries, huckleberries, cherimoyas, papayas, pawpaws, passionfruit, pineapples, red raspberries, soursops and strawberries
Melons	Squashes

Chinese young people send apples as presents to their friends, because Christmas Eve had been translated into Chinese into “Ping’an Ye” that indicates a peaceful night. Apple in Chinese is pronounced as “Ping guo”, which sounds like peace. It is said that eating an apple will make for a peaceful and safe new year.

In China, rice is usually the staple food for people living in the south of China, while food made of wheat flour such as steamed bread, bread, and buns is the staple for people living in the north (Fig. 2).

According to traditional Chinese medicine, dog is a “heating” meat which can offer a useful energy boost in midwinter, but is best avoided after the lunar new year. In culinary terms, dog meat is normally blanched or soaked before cooking to dispel the earthier, heavier aspects of its flavour.

Chinese daily meals consist of four food groups: grains, vegetables, fruit, and meat. Because of lactose intolerance, Chinese do not consume large amounts of dairy products. Instead, Chinese substitute these with soymilk and tofu, which also contain large amounts of protein and calcium.

In Ancient China, poor people eat any thing that they farm, they are able to eat things like; noodles, rice, dumplings and pancakes. As long as they paid their bills they are allowed to eat the left overs of their harvest. They ate grains like rice, wheat, and millet.

West China

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• Beans.
• Oats.
• Frozen vegetables.
• Bananas.
• Spinach.
• Brown rice.
• Eggs.
• Canned tuna or salmon.

This means that in less developed countries poor people also live in poor food systems. Nutrient-dense foods like eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables can be very expensive in these countries. That makes it harder to diversify away from nutrient-sparse staple foods like rice, corn and bread.

“We urge Indonesians to kick their habit of eating rice. We need to diversify our diets. Many Indonesians still think that if they don’t eat rice, they don’t eat well,” he said. “Indonesia produces 66 kinds of other carbohydrates, such as corn, sago, cassava, sweet potato, potato and others.

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• Iceland.
• Japan.
• Switzerland.
• Sweden.
• Australia.
• Singapore.
• Norway.
• Israel. Israel has a diet rich in vegetables, fish, and unsaturated fat—which clearly pays off.

We Already Grow Enough Food for 10 Billion People… and Still Can’t End Hunger. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2009a, 2009b) the world produces more than 1 1/2 times enough food to feed everyone on the planet.

China has historically strived for self-sufficiency in domestic food production. Over the past several decades, China’s grain consumption has more than tripled from 125 million metric tons (tonnes, t) in 1975 to 420 million tonnes in 2018.

25,000 people

There is a big shortfall between the amount of food we produce today and the amount needed to feed everyone in 2050. There will be nearly 10 billion people on Earth by 2050—about 3 billion more mouths to feed than there were in 2010.

“Global consumption of fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes will have to double, and consumption of foods such as red meat and sugar will have to be reduced by more than 50%,” the panel of experts judged. By 2050, meat-eating could seem like a throwback, according to some experts.

Cattle and calves, corn, and soybeans are the top 3 U.S. farm products.

The easy answer is we are not running out of food. Our food system has proven to be robust and resilient and shortages are demand-based rather than supply-based. We have cheap food. We also have an incredible diversity of food products available.

While our planet as a whole may never run out of water, it’s important to remember that clean freshwater is not always available where and when humans need it. In fact, half of the world’s freshwater can be found in only six countries. Also, every drop of water that we use continues through the water cycle.