The agriculture industry is feeling climate change bite back. It has been driving the climate problem for the better part of a century, and it is now on the receiving end of of the problem. Agriculture is eakly positioned not just to help reduce and improve its own practices and sort of become less bad,. But it's also the only industry, unlike energy and transportation, that can solve the climate problem.
Today we’re bringing you a timely — and tasty — episode from our archives. Science journalist Amanda Little tells Rufus that the biggest threat posed by climate change is the collapse of our food systems. Provisions we love, like coffee and wine, are losing their flavor. And crops we rely on, like corn and soy, are getting harder to grow. If we don’t change our agricultural practices, we won’t be able to feed the globe’s swelling population. But don’t lose hope. Amanda says that if we can combine the wisdom of traditional farming practices with radical advances in agricultural technology, we might be able to create a healthier, more sustainable, and perhaps even more delicious future.