Posts tagged 'staple food'

Ask a group of people to name the world’s most important food and you’ll get a wide variety of answers. What makes a food important? Think about foods that have great significance when it comes to nourishing many people without high production costs. They are called staple foods and they are different in each country or region. Staple foods are usually durable and dependable, with an adequate supply available as a basic food source for the majority of people in that region.