Is Our Food System a Solution to Climate Change? with Paul Hawken
The Dr. Hyman Show
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The Disempowerment of the Food Sector
The way we grow food is contributing to climate change. 60% of the food that we eat in this country is commodities, basically soybean oil, processed white flour and high fructose corn syrup turned into various forms of junk food. And yet we subsidize that. So our own government policies are perpetuating this cycle. We're growing food that makes us sick. That's a very real and tangible way to think about this.
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