As the world prepares itself to be climate-responsible, we need to reset the connection between food and livelihood, nutrition and nature
Did you know that the food we consume has a significant impact on climate change? Our food production systems emit greenhouse gas emissions just like fossil fuels. But we don’t talk enough about it. This is because, more than any other economic sector, agriculture creates a divide between the world that emits for survival and the one that emits for luxury. As the world prepares itself to be climate-responsible, we need to reset the connection between food and livelihood, nutrition and nature.
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