Global climate change has had a significant impact on the way the world grows its food. Climate change introduces a suite of ominous factors, such as greenhouse gas emissions, elevated temperature, increased carbon dioxide concentrations, nitrous oxide and methane ozone depletion, and deforestation. All of these intensify environmental stresses on … [continued]
Food consumption is on the minds of many individuals as the new year rolls on, with nearly half of US adults saying that they’re starting a new diet. Our contemporary food selections have been carefully cultivated for taste and convenience; exotic food luxuries in many of our childhoods are now … [continued]
Should we let businesses that contaminate community water systems write their own rules for what counts as unhealthy? Should we allow factories to spew dangerous emissions into the air? Should we turn our backs when employers force workers to endure dangerous conditions? Of course not. We want to protect each … [continued]
Climate activists like us are informed about the world’s necessary transition to clean energy sources. We’re confident that renewables will provide us with ample clean power as systemic change occurs. It’s much harder to wrap our heads around the concept of a sustainable global food system, however. That metamorphosis would … [continued]
Jonathan Foley, a climate solutions scientist and executive director of Project Drawdown, recently gave a TED Talk that lays down some hard truths about the climate impacts of our current food system, saying “… we cannot solve climate change unless we also address the problems of food alongside fossil fuels … [continued]
It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten at a fast food roadside stop. As a nearly lifelong vegetarian, I’ve had to be conscious of seeking out complete proteins and nutritional balance in order to stay healthy. But my own experience with fast food is pretty rare here in the … [continued]
More food, less pollution: US firm has a plan to decarbonize refrigeration units for electric trucks with rooftop solar panels.
The green hydrogen economy of the future is branching out in new directions, the latest example being a new microbe-based food protein.
ReFED and NRDC partnered to create a database of federal grants that could be used to fund food waste reduction work. Approximately 38% of food in our country goes unsold or uneaten, and most of this ends up as waste in landfills or incinerators. The good news is there are many waste … [continued]
The US Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of US economy-wide inflation, for all food increased 0.2% from July, 2023 to August, 2023, and food prices were 4.3% higher than in August, 2022. Food production is a major producer of GHG emissions, also known as climate pollution. Its overall impact … [continued]
