The global food system feeds eight billion people — yet it also drives deforestation, accounts for approximately a third of greenhouse gas emissions, depletes soils and aquifers, and generates enormous food waste. The paradox is that in a world producing more than enough food to feed everyone, around 700 million people still go hungry — a problem of distribution and power, not production. A small number of corporations control the majority of seeds, agrochemicals, and processing in global food supply chains, creating an oligopoly that shapes what is grown, by whom, and for whose benefit. Changing food systems requires confronting entrenched economic interests, reorienting subsidies, and reconsidering the assumption that the cheapest food is the best food.

💡 Did you know? The average meal in a wealthy country has travelled approximately 2,000 kilometres from farm to plate. Yet local food is not always more sustainable — in some cases, efficient large-scale production in warmer climates with shipping produces fewer emissions than local greenhouse farming.