What's For Lunch: The Future of Food in a Changing World

Vertical lunch: To increase food production, crowded Singapore looks up

A new super-efficient vertical farming system is helping increase food security and reduce the climate impact of food production for the 5 million residents of crowded Singapore.

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The Hidden Costs of Hamburgers

May 27, 2013

A video showing the effects on how we raise cattle affects climate change.

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World Food Map

The World

May 28, 2013

A map produced by Cornell University and Homelands Productions showing the challenges some countries face with food.

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Alt-meat lunch: In the Netherlands, a lab for low-impact alternatives to livestock

The World

June 02, 2013

Demand for animal protein is surging, and so are the environmental costs of producing it. So researchers in the Netherlands are exploring alternatives to livestock, from insects to faux cuts of beef to lab-grown meat.

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Foraged lunch: harvesting urban food crops as a hedge against food insecurity

The World

June 03, 2013

Efforts to make better use of food resources growing within the city are taking root in Seattle. It's part of a movement to bring urban foraging from the margins to the mainstream as a hedge against food insecurity and climate change.

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Intensive Lunch: Controversial rice growing technique offers hope for bigger yields

The World

June 06, 2013

Supporters say a novel way of growing rice and other crops can quadruple yields with less seed, water and fertilizer. It could be an important hedge against climate pressures--if the gains are real.

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Guaranteed lunch? China's food 'pipeline'

The World

June 10, 2013

Facing huge population, environmental and climate stresses, China is building what some call a "food pipeline" to import food free of competition on the international market.

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Recycled lunch: Using human waste to grow food, and fight climate change

The World

June 13, 2013

Synthetic fertilizers contribute mightily to climate change. So now there's a growing push in India to return to the ancient practice of using human waste as fertilizer, but with modern sanitary safeguards.

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Low-water lunch: A Chinese breakthrough on irrigation?

The World

June 17, 2013

Growing more food with less water will be one of the biggest challenges in the coming era of surging populations and increasing climate disruption.

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Carbon-neutral lunch: Costa Rica looks to lead on climate-friendly ag

The World

June 20, 2013

Since Costa Rica announced four years ago that it would become "carbon-neutral" by 2021, the country has become a laboratory for reducing the climate impact of agriculture.

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Changing lunch: For farmers, new 'can't miss' technology isn't always enough

The World

June 21, 2013

Economist and food-policy researcher Shane Bryan says along with producing better tools, we need to foster environments in which those tools are truly useful.

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