WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF FOOD?
What Was Old is New Again! The entire agriculture and food ecosystem is facing a dramatic climatic change shift that is reshaping the way we grow, distribute, and preserve food and its subsequent impact on our planet. We need to change our methods now for the future. We have the potential to find solutions to improve our and our planet's health. This blog is dedicated to highlighting those success stories. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that farmers will have to produce 70% more food by 2050 to meet the needs of the world's expected 9-billion-strong population.
“Feeding nine billion people in a truly sustainable way will be one of the greatest challenges our civilization has ever faced,” Dr. Foley says in a Scientific American article, referring to the projected global population at midcentury. Q: Can we sustainably increase agricultural productivity and incomes; build resilience and adapt to climate change; and reduce and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions, where possible?
A: Food expert, Sarah Phillips, has found some creative people and organizations making innovative progress towards finding sustainable food growing practices for the planet's future right now. In a lot of situations, I'm finding that: what was old is new again! |
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