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
Staple - An important part of. A "staple diet" means the food, such as potatoes, pasta, or rice, that someone mainly lives on.
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.