{"id":70219,"date":"2019-05-16T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=70219"},"modified":"2019-05-16T16:21:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T16:21:00","slug":"how-sustainable-food-system-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/how-sustainable-food-system-built\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Sustainable Food System is Built"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"ffd6\" name=\"ffd6\"><em><strong>From the ground&nbsp;up.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"21c8\">We all eat food. Most of us every day. Most of us several times a day.<\/p>\n<p>And the ways that we produce\u200a\u2014\u200a<em>and<\/em>&nbsp;consume it\u200a\u2014\u200aare impactful as well.<\/p>\n<p>We all know about&nbsp;<strong>climate change<\/strong>. Agricultural activities (crop, livestock and fossil fuel) contribute approximately&nbsp;<a data-href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar5\/wg3\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar5\/wg3\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">25%<\/a>&nbsp;of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions\u200a\u2014\u200ayet around 1\/3 of all food is wasted.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ad68\"><a data-href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jxb\/article\/57\/5\/1017\/641287\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jxb\/article\/57\/5\/1017\/641287\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">15%<\/a>&nbsp;of the world\u2019s land surface area has been&nbsp;<strong>degraded<\/strong>&nbsp;by soil erosion and physical and chemical degradation, while even more is at risk.<\/p>\n<p id=\"a926\">Industrial agriculture is using more and more&nbsp;<strong><a data-href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19539684\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19539684\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">toxic<\/a>&nbsp;chemicals<\/strong>&nbsp;to control weeds and pests, which put the&nbsp;<a data-href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5250645\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5250645\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">environment<\/a>, agricultural workers and consumers at risk.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1436\"><strong>Farmers now&nbsp;<\/strong><a data-href=\"https:\/\/www.iatp.org\/sites\/default\/files\/258_2_106175.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iatp.org\/sites\/default\/files\/258_2_106175.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>earn less<\/strong>&nbsp;in every dollar<\/a>&nbsp;that we spend on food, despite rising costs of living, as big companies squeeze (<a data-href=\"https:\/\/johnquiggin.com\/2019\/03\/21\/whats-happening-to-the-australian-dairy-industry\/\" href=\"https:\/\/johnquiggin.com\/2019\/03\/21\/whats-happening-to-the-australian-dairy-industry\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">and squeeze<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p id=\"21c8\">We all eat food. 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