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.
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. Glossary
Working-Class - The social group composed of people who primarily earn a wage or salary by working for others, often in manual or unskilled occupations.
Sorghum - A cereal grain and a flowering plant in the grass family, also known as great millet or jowar.
Calories - The amount of energy released when your body digests and absorbs food. The more calories a food has, the more energy it gives your body.
Biofuels - Fuels for heating, cooking or transport derived from biomass – plant or algae material or animal waste.
Biosphere - All the places on Earth where life exists.
Methane - A particularly strong greenhouse gas produced by fossil fuels and cattle.
Legumes - The high-protein plant family including peas and beans.
Lab-grown meat - Meat created in a laboratory by growing animal cells, rather than by raising and slaughtering an animal.