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Scientists, technology start-ups and large food corporations are finding new ways to disrupt traditional food systems and supply chains. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

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Climate change is taking a tremendous toll on the world’s food systems, leading scientists to rethink how we feed ourselves.

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Climate change is taking a tremendous toll on the world’s food systems, leading scientists to rethink how we feed ourselves.

There’s nothing quite like a cold beer to finish a long workweek. Unless, of course, that beer reminds you of the threats of climate change : Photograph by Pea, available at https://bit.ly/3Najj58 CC-BY 4.0

Brewers are pursuing solutions to reduce water usage, encourage more sustainable farming, limit material use, and power facilities with clean energy.

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Trouble is brewing for the future of beer

Brewers are pursuing solutions to reduce water usage, encourage more sustainable farming, limit material use, and power facilities with clean energy.

UPSIDE Foods’ 53,000 square foot campus located in Emeryville, California, is the most advanced cultivated meat production facility in the world : ‘Control Room at UPSDIE Foods’ by David Kay available at https://bit.ly/3QrMvYx under CC BY 2.0 CC BY 2.0

A food crisis like few have ever seen could be the impetus for lab-grown and other food alternatives to thrive. But it won’t be without its own challenges.

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Lab-grown answers to food’s triple threat

A food crisis like few have ever seen could be the impetus for lab-grown and other food alternatives to thrive. But it won’t be without its own challenges.

The Inca Empire succeeded in creating one of the most sophisticated and sustainable food production systems in the history of mankind. : Photograph by Jeremiah Berman, available at https://unsplash.com/@calibre9001 CC BY 4.0

The world currently has only 10 weeks of wheat supplies left, a far cry from the three to seven years of food supply the Incas kept in storage.

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How Inca wisdom can fix our food crisis

Cargonomia plays a role within a greater network of civic and social initiatives in Budapest : Photograph by Noémi Bulecza, available at https://adobe.ly/3HHLSFW CC BY-2.0

Degrowth focuses on quality products, local economies and basic needs. It promises a more ecologically sustainable future.

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When local matters, food quality improves

Indonesia needs to keep some traditions and change others as its agriculture sector adapts to climate change. : Jorge Franganillo Jorge Franganillo / By CC 4.0 Flickr

As the effects of climate change become more apparent, long-held traditions will need to be resurrected. Others will need to be abandoned.

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Indonesia’s farmers adapt to climate change

The emergence of cheap multispectral cameras has helped reduce costs, making drones an attractive investment for many farmers : Photograph by JESHOOTS, available at https://bit.ly/3tSLnU0 CC-BY 4.0

The fourth agricultural revolution promises to grow more food on less land while feeding more people.

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Agriculture 4.0 is helping farmers do more with less

Robots can help farmers improve crop yields and ease labour shortages : Photograph by Naïo Technologies, available at https://bit.ly/3OdHtNH CC-BY 2.0

Robots can help farmers improve crop yields and ease labour shortages but their adoption has been dramatically low.

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No one’s betting the farm on robots

Quentin Read works with over four hundred scientists across the United States, using data to help sustainably feed the world. : Photograph reproduced with permission, available at https://quentinread.com/ CC-BY 4.0

Reducing the biodiversity footprint of food consumption requires immediate and widespread action

Extinction on our plates