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George Monbiot

3 weeks ago

George Monbiot
3 weeks ago

1. At the Tipping Points conference in Exeter yesterday, I spoke about the likelihood of food system collapse: a massive existential threat few people's radar. If you want a handle on the issue, here's the submission I made to a parliamentary committee. + 🧵www.monbiot.com/2023/03/09/t...

The Hunger Gap

A gulf in public understanding prevents us from seeing how and why our food supply is at risk.

^{George Monbiot}

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George Monbiot

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2. We need to do four things all at the same time. A. Ensure that 8, 9 or 10 billion people receive a healthy and sufficient diet. B. Do so without destroying Earth systems. C. Rewild as much land and sea as we can, to stop and reverse 6th Great Extinction drivers. D. Prevent food system collapse.

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George Monbiot

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3. People tend to get siloed, in every profession. What I see in almost all food discussions is a focus on either A or B or C, but very seldom on all three, and even less often on A,B,C and D. Yet we will fail unless we address all 4.

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4. So you get people saying "here's how we can increase yields to ensure there remains enough food for everyone." Yes, but where's the water going to come from? How will you protect the soil? What about #Insectageddon?

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George Monbiot

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5. Then you get other people saying (in fact this theme now dominates discussions): "Look at my regenerative farming model. It's conserving soil and killing less wildlife." Great. But your yields have fallen by 75%. So either someone else must intensify or more land must be used to grow food.

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