We need to talk about your starving grandchildren.

You might not want to think about this one, but our scientists tell us if we carry on the way we are now, the global food system will have completely broken down by the time a child born today hits retirement age. The good news is, it can be solved. The question is, can we be bothered?

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Research Links

Mike Berners-Lee : There is no Planet B
https://theresnoplanetb.net/

Our World in Data Charts :
1. Employment in agriculture
https://ourworldindata.org/employment-in-agriculture

2. GHG emissions from food
https://ourworldindata.org/greenhouse-gas-emissions-food
https://ourworldindata.org/food-ghg-emissions
https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector

3. Environmental impacts of food
https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/food-emissions-supply-chain

4. World calories map
https://ourworldindata.org/food-supply

5. Plant based diet impacts
https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets

6. Land use for agriculture
https://ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture

7. Do we really only have 60 harvests left??
https://ourworldindata.org/soil-lifespans

Carbon Brief - Food waste articles
https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-qa-what-food-waste-means-for-climate-change/
https://www.carbonbrief.org/food-waste-makes-up-half-of-global-food-system-emissions/

Rapid phaseout of animal agriculture : Eisen and Brown 2022
https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000010

UN Food and Agriculture Organization
https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/new-fao-report-maps-pathways-towards-lower-livestock-emissions/en

Comparable GHG emissions from animals in wildlife and livestock-dominated savannahs : Manzano et al 2023
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00349-8

Knepp Estate / Wilding book and film
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jun/06/semen-flasks-farming-couple-rewilding-knepp-isabella-tree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wha__qRugTw

Recent Observer article about Isabella Tree from Knepp Estate
https://www.theguardian.com/food/article/2024/jun/16/conservationist-isabella-tree-rewilding-is-vital-for-the-uks-agricultural-future

China - lab grown meat plan
https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3165879/how-china-plans-lead-world-sustainable-food-latest-five-year-agricultural

Workers in agriculture
https://blog.resourcewatch.org/2019/05/30/map-of-the-month-how-many-people-work-in-agriculture/

World Bank Employment charts
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS?end=2018&most_recent_year_desc=true&start=1991&type=shaded&view=chart

CAFOs
https://vertexeng.com/insights/the-environmental-impacts-of-concentrated-animal-feeding-operations-cafos/

https://www.reuters.com/business/how-four-big-companies-control-us-beef-industry-2021-06-17/

McKinsey : Voice of the American famer
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/agriculture/our-insights/voice-of-the-us-farmer-2023-to-24-farmers-seek-path-to-scale-sustainably

Climate impact on food
https://theconversation.com/food-prices-will-climb-everywhere-as-temperatures-rise-due-to-climate-change-new-research-226345

Agrivoltaics
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/13/farmers-who-graze-sheep-under-solar-panels-say-it-improves-productivity-so-why-dont-we-do-it-more

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https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam

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Levi Hildebrand:
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Simon Clark:
https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys

Sarah Karvner:
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ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA

Jack Harries:
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Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ

Our Changing Climate :
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