Sustainable Food Lab (sample)
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The document discusses the need to create more sustainable global food systems to feed a growing population. It notes that while nitrogen fertilizers have helped increase food production, many people still go hungry and food systems stress farms, farmers, and the environment. The Sustainable Food Lab is a multi-continent initiative working to develop mainstream food systems that can sustainably and equitably nourish the world's nearly 10 billion people by 2050.
Sustainable Food Lab (sample)
- 1. The Sustainable Food Lab a multi-continent initiative to create mainstream, sustainable food systems
- 3. 2000: 6 billion people
- 4. 2050: 9.2 billion people
- 5. Nitrogenous fertilizer has allowed food production to keep pace with population growth.
- 6. But....
- 7. 825 million people are seriously underfed.
- 8. 825 million people are seriously underfed. Every five seconds, a child dies of hunger. source: FAO
- 9. We produce inexpensive food for the rich and expensive food for the poor.
- 10. We produce inexpensive food for the rich and expensive food for the poor. Food Consumption to Total Consumption Ethiopia 53% Mexico 34% France 15% US 14% source: FAO
- 11. Falling commodity prices put stress on farms and farmers.
- 12. Falling commodity prices put stress on farms and farmers. Global Fertilizer Use 1950 2000
- 13. We’re losing large numbers of farms.
- 14. We’re losing large numbers of farms. % change in number of farm enterprises, European Union, 1982-1993 0 UK Denmark Austria France Ireland NL Spain Belgium Germany Greece Luxemborg Finland Italy Sweden -5 -9 -10 -10 -10 -13 -15 -16 -18 -20 -23 -22 -25 -26 -30 -30 -37 source: FAO -40
- 15. And critical amounts of soil.
- 16. And critical amounts of soil. Land area the size of China and India combined has been severely degraded in the last 60 years.
- 17. The journey from farm to fork is contributing to global warming.
- 18. How do we turn things around?
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