The way we produce food is the single biggest underlying driver of species extinction, and a major contributor to the climate crisis. When you add to this the understanding that we may have to produce as much food in the next 40 years as we did in the last 8000, it becomes obvious that we need to make drastic changes to our food system if we are to maintain a habitable planet.This week on Here's The Plan, we speak to Arnavaz Schatten, who was then the Director of Sustainability for Infarm. Infarm is a vertical farming company,...
The way we produce food is the single biggest underlying driver of species extinction, and a major contributor to the climate crisis. When you add to this the understanding that we may have to produce as much food in the next 40 years as we did in the last 8000, it becomes obvious that we need to make drastic changes to our food system if we are to maintain a habitable planet.
This week on Here's The Plan, we speak to Arnavaz Schatten, who was then the Director of Sustainability for Infarm. Infarm is a vertical farming company, who are beginning to produce crops in a radically different way to traditional agriculture. James and Bella dive into what is wrong with our current food system, the opportunities and challenges that vertical farming presents, and how a wider agritech revolution may change the world in the coming decades.
We hope you enjoy it!
NOTES
Here's The Plan is presented by James Miller and Bella Lack. It is produced by Airaphon.
Arnavaz Schatten was, at the time of interview, the Director of Sustainability for Infarm, but is no longer.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
1. Educate yourself and others on what a sustainable food system might look like! It's often not as simple as you might think. This episode was a great start but there's so much more to explore: regenerative agriculture, closing crop yield gaps, fixing distribution and food waste - have a read up!
2. Join organisations that are pushing for implementation of better food systems, like Oxfam, WWF and the Nature Friendly Farming Network.
3. Think global, act local! Help cut food waste in your school or company canteen, or join a community garden that promotes sustainable local farming. This is the level on which tangible change happens.
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