The impact of climate change on food really, really hits home. The previous summer, it was excessive rainfall. It made the fields so wet that they couldn't literally get the machinery into the fields to do the planting and the harvesting. In many parts of the world, this is a survival issue. Right in other 30 million people facing severe famine in northeastern nigeria and south sudan and samalia, an yemen. This story is playing out in some regions as a in a flavor challenge, or a no let's adapt our production methods.
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.