Food waste is the number one source of climate change, contributing to about 50% of greenhouse gases. The end-to-end food system, including transportation, storage, refrigeration, and waste, needs to be addressed in order to mitigate its impact on the environment.
Eating real food is a foundational aspect of nutrition and health, and no one has thrived on a highly processed food diet throughout history. However, all the food systems we rely on are currently broken in some way.
The podcast discusses the issue of childhood hunger and the responsibility of the big leaders and organizations to make their promises and claims and if they don't deliver, major things have to happen. Also learns about the history of Ketchup and its first early version in America not based on tomatoes.
From developing protein-rich flours from soil bacteria to utilizing perennial plants to create animal-product alternatives, there are various ways to address the issues of sustainability and nutrition in the food industry.
Beef production is responsible for almost half of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions, with the cattle industry producing even more emissions in the United States. While there is a growing movement for a plant-based diet, human consumption of meat is still high due to the convenience of fossil fuels.