Food is something so many of us take for granted. And yet we can no longer do so. The warin ukraine has contributed to global food shortages. In places like lebanon, heavily relying on food imports, it's up three thousand %. Global warming threatens to continue to disrupt our global food system. But extraordinary new innovations are transforming our food system for the better.
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.