Climate change: The elephant in the dining room

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Climate change: The elephant in the dining room

Climate change: The elephant in the dining room By Michael C. Osborne There are 1,001 reasons to love the local/slow/organic food movement. Whether we care about animal rights, our carbon footprint, or the poverty-obesity link, it behooves all of us to take a serious look at our food choices. But before we get too carried away by the promise of small-scale, chemical-free growing, let’s look at some of the cold, hard facts: A billion people go to bed hungry every night, and another billion aren’t too far from that. We’re about to add another 2 billion people to the global population. The planet is warming (fast), meaning more heatwaves and drought, which is bad news for growing food. Translation: It’s going to take more than backyard chicken coops and window-box gardens to get us through the next few decades. “People like Michael Pollan are good at making people realize whe...

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