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Feeding 8 billion people has changed our planet. Here's why we can't keep doing it the same way
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Feeding 8 billion people has changed our planet. Here's why we can't keep doing it the same way

Human history is shaped by our ability to feed ourselves. See how population growth is tied to farmland, and how food production's profound environmental effect shows us the need for change.
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Laila Benkrima: Ultra-processed foods are not only bad for our bodies, their production damages our environments

Ultra-processed foods are bad for our health and our planet and must be central to any efforts to reduce our carbon emissions, and waistlines.
Opinion: Another deadly pandemic seems inevitable – but there is a way to avoid it
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Opinion: Another deadly pandemic seems inevitable – but there is a way to avoid it

We need to do big things quickly to halt the disturbance of nature. And I fear that’s not happening, says former Guardian environment editor John Vidal.

How food became a weapon in America’s culture war

How food became a weapon in America’s culture war

First came the politics of right-wing grievance. Then came the new foodie culture. Together, they combined to create one toxic food fight.

Book review: When thousands of hogs are your neighbors

Book review: When thousands of hogs are your neighbors

In “Wastelands,” Corban Addison tells the extraordinary story of how some North Carolina residents stood up to a meatpacking company polluting their communities.
Jennifer Clapp: Food price spikes are about much more than Ukraine

Jennifer Clapp: Food price spikes are about much more than Ukraine

The global food system is a house of cards. Here’s how to fix it.
The trickle-down effect of agriculture in Iowa

The trickle-down effect of agriculture in Iowa

Will the state's residents always have to put up with terrible water quality?
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