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Less than half food grown feeds humans

Poor cows: Cattle on intensive beef farms, such as this vast ranch in California, are typically kept in grassless 'feedlots' and fed a grain-based diet to promote rapid weight gain, before they are then processed for meat.

Could changing what we eat avert the climate crisis? New research shows we are failing to eat more than half of all the food we produce — while agriculture heats the planet to boiling point.