Where Does Our Food Come From?

Staple crops and the nations that produce them are essential to ensuring global food security. Here's a map of where exactly our food comes from.

Did you know that more than two-thirds of our national crops originated elsewhere?

Since the dawn of agriculture 10,000 years ago, humans have been picking and producing crops for specific features, influencing where and what crops are farmed today.

However, as Tessa di Grandi of Visual Capitalist explains below, today's food system is en...

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