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You might not want to think about this one, but our scientists tell us if we carry on the way we are now, the global food system will have completely broken down by the time a child born today hits retirement age. The good news is, it can be solved. The question is, can we be bothered?
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Research Links
Mike Berners-Lee : There is no Planet B
theresnoplanetb.net
Our World in Data Charts :
1. Employment in agriculture
ourworldindata.org/employment-in-agriculture
2. GHG emissions from food
ourworldindata.org/greenhouse-gas-emissions-food
ourworldindata.org/food-ghg-emissions
ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector
3. Environmental impacts of food
ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food
ourworldindata.org/grapher/food-emissions-supply-chain
4. World calories map
ourworldindata.org/food-supply
5. Plant based diet impacts
ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets
6. Land use for agriculture
ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture
7. Do we really only have 60 harvests left??
ourworldindata.org/soil-lifespans
Carbon Brief - Food waste articles
carbonbrief.org/in-depth-qa-what-food-waste-means-for-climate-change
carbonbrief.org/food-waste-makes-up-half-of-global-food-system-emissions
Rapid phaseout of animal agriculture : Eisen and Brown 2022
journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000010
UN Food and Agriculture Organization
fao.org/newsroom/detail/new-fao-report-maps-pathways-towards-lower-livestock-emissions/en
Comparable GHG emissions from animals in wildlife and livestock-dominated savannahs : Manzano et al 2023
nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00349-8
Knepp Estate / Wilding book and film
theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jun/06/semen-flasks-farming-couple-rewilding-knepp-isabella-tree
youtube.com/watch?v=Wha__qRugTw
Recent Observer article about Isabella Tree from Knepp Estate
theguardian.com/food/article/2024/jun/16/conservationist-isabella-tree-rewilding-is-vital-for-the-uks-agricultural-future
China - lab grown meat plan
scmp.com/business/article/3165879/how-china-plans-lead-world-sustainable-food-latest-five-year-agricultural
Workers in agriculture
blog.resourcewatch.org/2019/05/30/map-of-the-month-how-many-people-work-in-agriculture
World Bank Employment charts
data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS?end=2018&most_recent_year_desc=true&start=1991&type=shaded&view=chart
CAFOs
vertexeng.com/insights/the-environmental-impacts-of-concentrated-animal-feeding-operations-cafos
reuters.com/business/how-four-big-companies-control-us-beef-industry-2021-06-17
McKinsey : Voice of the American famer
mckinsey.com/industries/agriculture/our-insights/voice-of-the-us-farmer-2023-to-24-farmers-seek-path-to-scale-sustainably
Climate impact on food
theconversation.com/food-prices-will-climb-everywhere-as-temperatures-rise-due-to-climate-change-new-research-226345
Agrivoltaics
theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/13/farmers-who-graze-sheep-under-solar-panels-say-it-improves-productivity-so-why-dont-we-do-it-more
Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators
zentouro:
youtube.com/user/zentouro
Climate Adam:
youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam
Kurtis Baute:
youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience
Levi Hildebrand:
youtube.com/user/The100LH
Simon Clark:
youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys
Sarah Karvner:
youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw
ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA
Jack Harries:
youtube.com/user/JacksGap
Beckisphere: youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ
Our Changing Climate :
youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ
You might not want to think about this one, but our scientists tell us if we carry on the way we are now, the global food system will have completely broken down by the time a child born today hits retirement age. The good news is, it can be solved. The question is, can we be bothered?
Help support this channels independence at
patreon.com/justhaveathink
Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here
paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url
You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com
buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink
Video Transcripts available at our website
justhaveathink.com
Research Links
Mike Berners-Lee : There is no Planet B
theresnoplanetb.net
Our World in Data Charts :
1. Employment in agriculture
ourworldindata.org/employment-in-agriculture
2. GHG emissions from food
ourworldindata.org/greenhouse-gas-emissions-food
ourworldindata.org/food-ghg-emissions
ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector
3. Environmental impacts of food
ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food
ourworldindata.org/grapher/food-emissions-supply-chain
4. World calories map
ourworldindata.org/food-supply
5. Plant based diet impacts
ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets
6. Land use for agriculture
ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture
7. Do we really only have 60 harvests left??
ourworldindata.org/soil-lifespans
Carbon Brief - Food waste articles
carbonbrief.org/in-depth-qa-what-food-waste-means-for-climate-change
carbonbrief.org/food-waste-makes-up-half-of-global-food-system-emissions
Rapid phaseout of animal agriculture : Eisen and Brown 2022
journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000010
UN Food and Agriculture Organization
fao.org/newsroom/detail/new-fao-report-maps-pathways-towards-lower-livestock-emissions/en
Comparable GHG emissions from animals in wildlife and livestock-dominated savannahs : Manzano et al 2023
nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00349-8
Knepp Estate / Wilding book and film
theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jun/06/semen-flasks-farming-couple-rewilding-knepp-isabella-tree
youtube.com/watch?v=Wha__qRugTw
Recent Observer article about Isabella Tree from Knepp Estate
theguardian.com/food/article/2024/jun/16/conservationist-isabella-tree-rewilding-is-vital-for-the-uks-agricultural-future
China - lab grown meat plan
scmp.com/business/article/3165879/how-china-plans-lead-world-sustainable-food-latest-five-year-agricultural
Workers in agriculture
blog.resourcewatch.org/2019/05/30/map-of-the-month-how-many-people-work-in-agriculture
World Bank Employment charts
data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS?end=2018&most_recent_year_desc=true&start=1991&type=shaded&view=chart
CAFOs
vertexeng.com/insights/the-environmental-impacts-of-concentrated-animal-feeding-operations-cafos
reuters.com/business/how-four-big-companies-control-us-beef-industry-2021-06-17
McKinsey : Voice of the American famer
mckinsey.com/industries/agriculture/our-insights/voice-of-the-us-farmer-2023-to-24-farmers-seek-path-to-scale-sustainably
Climate impact on food
theconversation.com/food-prices-will-climb-everywhere-as-temperatures-rise-due-to-climate-change-new-research-226345
Agrivoltaics
theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/13/farmers-who-graze-sheep-under-solar-panels-say-it-improves-productivity-so-why-dont-we-do-it-more
Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators
zentouro:
youtube.com/user/zentouro
Climate Adam:
youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam
Kurtis Baute:
youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience
Levi Hildebrand:
youtube.com/user/The100LH
Simon Clark:
youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys
Sarah Karvner:
youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw
ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA
Jack Harries:
youtube.com/user/JacksGap
Beckisphere: youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ
Our Changing Climate :
youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ
