food production

A Fifth of Food-Output Growth Has Been Lost to Climate Change - Yahoo Climate change has been holding back food production for decades, with a new study showing that about 21% of growth for agricultural output was lost since the 1960s. That’s equal to losing the last seven years of...

Systems approach needed to address challenges of globally interconnected food system - News Medical Global food production is incredibly efficient, and the world's farmers produce enough to feed the global population. Despite this abundance, a quarter of the global population do not have...

Feeding the future: How to change food production and diet to sustain the global population- NBC News Experts discuss ways to promote sustainable agricultural practices and dietary habits. With the world’s population projected to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, experts are looking for ways...

Can we ditch intensive farming - and still feed the world? - The Guardian From urban farming to drones, innovation can help fill the gap between production and consumption Why do we need to grow more food? Food production around the world must rise by half in the next 30 years to sustain a...

The Evolution of the American Diet - Mother Earth News In the early 20th century, nutrition science sparked the modernization of the American diet. Soon after, World War I brought about the state’s management of food on a large scale, changing what and how Americans ate. The American diet...