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The Food Programme

The Global Food System: Too Big to Fix?

Aug 13, 2023
World leaders met in Rome to fix the food system. The podcast explores the UN Food Systems Summit and the urgent need for transformation to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. It emphasizes treating food as a human right and the emergence of a global coalition of farmers markets. The negative impacts of the global food system are discussed, along with solutions like true cost accounting and reshaping financial systems.
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Quick takeaways

  • The global food system is broken and causing hunger, waste, climate crisis, and biodiversity loss, highlighting the urgent need for transformation.
  • The United Nations Food Systems Summit focuses on collaboration and collective action to transform the food system and address major challenges.

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The Broken Global Food System

The podcast explores the broken global food system and the significant problems it is causing. Over 780 million people are going hungry while nearly a third of all food produced is lost or wasted. The system creates extreme abundance for some and devastating deficiencies for others. It is also contributing to the climate crisis, greenhouse gas emissions, fresh water scarcity, and biodiversity loss. The podcast highlights the urgent need for transformation in how we grow, produce, process, distribute, and consume food.

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