When we talk about the future of food, we usually picture what's growing in the fields or what's on our dinner plates. But maybe we should pay a little more attention to everything happening in between. Processing and packaging consumes the largest share of fossil fuels in our food system— more than 40%. Our growing reliance on ultra-processed foods, and plastics across the supply chain is making food production more energy-intensive than ever before.

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This series is powered by TABLE,IPES-Food and Global Alliance for the Future of Food.

Guests

  • Emma Priestland, Break Free From Plastic
  • Errol Schweizer, IPES-Food
  • Rachel Muncrief, International Council on Clean Transportation
  • Georgina Catacora-Vargas, IPES Food

Produced by Matthew Kessler, Anna Paskal and Nicole Pita. Edited by Matthew Kessler. Audio engineering by Adam Titmuss. Cover art by The Ethical Agency. Music by Blue dot sessions.

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