About this episode
This episode explores the environmental impact of food production and the challenges of reducing land use while increasing food supply.
About a third of the greenhouse gases cooking our planet come from our food. Agriculture and livestock production are incredibly taxing on the planet. To curb the impact, we need to drastically reduce the amount of land we use to make food, while at the same time making more food for a growing population. How are we going to do that? In this episode we go fishing with an eccentric rancher in Northern California and hop over to Colorado to get a rare peek into the demonized factory farm industry on our hunt for answers.
Topics covered
- greenhouse gases
- agriculture
- livestock production
- sustainable food
- factory farming
Keywords
- greenhouse gases
- food production
- sustainability
- agriculture
- factory farms
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Northern California, Colorado
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