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Learn at Lunch: Food and the Global Environment, With Jason Clay '73

Wed. March 5th, 12:00 - 1:00pm ET on ZOOM

Producing food has always been essential to human survival. As population and consumption have grown, food production and trade have intensified to address global demand and the need for food security. As a result, the environmental and climate impacts of providing food for the world have increased dramatically. Food production is one of the largest contributors to climate change. It is more complicated to address than either energy or transportation, yet receives only 2-4% of global climate funding. This is a danger sign. Soon food production will likely be the single largest emitter of the CO2 emissions contributing to climate change. Yet, food production, when done right, can reduce and sequester emissions. Jason will explore some of the key issues and trends in this essential human activity that need to be addressed, as well as a few of the strategies he is working on to shrink the footprint of the global food system.