Post by jameshoff on Mar 16, 2024 1:00:48 GMT -5
Cassava, guaba, pineapple, morete, macambo fruit, macambo seeds, ungurahua, muruinchi, chonta, ukuisi, cassava flour, garabatoyuyo, chili pepper. From here I want to talk to you about Ecuador, one of the smallest countries in South America. It is located in the middle of the world and thanks to this geographical position and the presence of the "Andes mountain range" (the mountains that cross the country from north to south) it enjoys an infinite number of very different ecosystems ranging from frozen mountains at 6,300 meters towards the Pacific Ocean, the Amazon jungle and the enchanting Galapagos Islands.
Even though it enjoys a tropical and subtropical DY Leads climate, Ecuador has very large temperature differences, especially between the coastal regions and the Andes. Sea currents, wind and solar radiation determine two seasons characterized by the presence of rain: winter (humid) and summer (dry), which are increasingly less marked due to climate change. These conditions make Ecuador one of the countries with the greatest biological diversity in the world (high density of endemic species per square kilometer and many different ecosystems) and perhaps also thanks to the moderate climatic conditions many pre-Columbian cultures developed in this territory. Nature and peasant culture are two fundamental factors to consider when talking about food.
It is important to remember that the foods we consume are living beings, all belonging to one of the 5 macro groups of living beings on earth: animals, plants, fungi, algae or bacteria. That's right, we must not forget that we live thanks to other living beings who give their lives for us. In a “non-globalized” world the environment determines what we eat. Let us remember that about 12,000 years ago the first farmers changed the existing social dynamics by domesticating plants and animals and thus changing the nomadic lifestyle (hunters, gatherers) into a sedentary one (agricultural), allowing the creation of the civilizations we know.
Even though it enjoys a tropical and subtropical DY Leads climate, Ecuador has very large temperature differences, especially between the coastal regions and the Andes. Sea currents, wind and solar radiation determine two seasons characterized by the presence of rain: winter (humid) and summer (dry), which are increasingly less marked due to climate change. These conditions make Ecuador one of the countries with the greatest biological diversity in the world (high density of endemic species per square kilometer and many different ecosystems) and perhaps also thanks to the moderate climatic conditions many pre-Columbian cultures developed in this territory. Nature and peasant culture are two fundamental factors to consider when talking about food.
It is important to remember that the foods we consume are living beings, all belonging to one of the 5 macro groups of living beings on earth: animals, plants, fungi, algae or bacteria. That's right, we must not forget that we live thanks to other living beings who give their lives for us. In a “non-globalized” world the environment determines what we eat. Let us remember that about 12,000 years ago the first farmers changed the existing social dynamics by domesticating plants and animals and thus changing the nomadic lifestyle (hunters, gatherers) into a sedentary one (agricultural), allowing the creation of the civilizations we know.