Venezuelan Food System in Crisis

Venezuela, a South American country, cannot be included within the perspective of food values depicted for South America by Mitch Kanter and Heloisa Guarita in an article titled “Food Values in South America,” which appeared in the June issue of Food Technology. Perhaps it was not studied by the FoodMinds Global Expert Bench.

The country suffers a political and economic catastrophe that strikes food security, food industries, consumers, and food values. Shortfalls in food pr…