Modern food and farming systems are fundamentally unsustainable. They contribute around a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and are responsible for almost 60% of global biodiversity loss. They are degrading the natural resources – water, soils, genetic resources – needed to sustain agricultural production.
Modern food systems (PDF) are also highly inequitable, with power and wealth concentrated in the hands of a few corporations.
Despite increased yields, food insecurity has been ris