Double stab by The Lancet pierces illusions about Farms, Food, Climate

By STEVEN MCFADDEN

The esteemed British medical journal The Lancet has released two commission reports emphasizing the pivotal role that farms and food play in deteriorating human and environmental health, as well as in the mounting chaos of climate change.

So dire is our current state, the reports argue, that our ongoing survival and welfare as we live on earth requires a radical transformation of the farm and food systems. It will take mass public interest, activity, and direct support to make that happen.

The commissions warned explicitly that this essential transformation will require that consumers demand and pay for food that is raised and distributed in new ways. What you choose to eat, and the way your food is grown, have a direct impact on personal and global health. Our individual choices col…

SOURCE: https://thecalloftheland.wordpress.com/2019/01/30/double-stab-by-the-lancet-pierces-illusions-about-farms-food-climate/

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