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What's For Lunch: The Future of Food in a Changing World

The Future of Food in a Changing World. A Special Collaboration Between PRI's The World and Homeland Productions

A mountain of grain in a Chinese warehouse. China is importing more of its supply of thirsty and land-intensive crops like corn and soy, often from leased or purchased land that guarantees a supply outside of the regular international market.

Guaranteed lunch? China’s food ‘pipeline’

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Facing huge population, environmental and climate stresses, China is building what some call a “food pipeline” to import food free of competition on the international market.

Environment editor Peter Thomson's changing lunch: Rotary Club veggie dogs on whole wheat buns. (Photo: Peter Thomson)

Launching ‘What’s for Lunch’: Environment editor Peter Thomson on climate change and food

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The Hidden Costs of Hamburgers

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World Food Map

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A woman walks into a rice field in northern India where farmers are using the technique known as Systems of Rice Intensification. Local officials claim the system recently produced a record rice harvest while using less fertilizer, water and seed.

Intensive Lunch: Controversial rice growing technique offers hope for bigger yields

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Vegan lunch: Going meatless in Beijing

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In a country where eating meat is considered a sign of prosperity, veganism is on the rise as more Chinese consider the environmental impact of what they eat.

Alt-meat lunch: In the Netherlands, a lab for low-impact alternatives to livestock

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Demand for animal protein is surging, and so are the environmental costs of producing it. So researchers in the Netherlands are exploring alternatives to livestock, from insects to faux cuts of beef to lab-grown meat.

Foraged lunch: harvesting urban food crops as a hedge against food insecurity

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Efforts to make better use of food resources growing within the city are taking root in Seattle. It’s part of a movement to bring urban foraging from the margins to the mainstream as a hedge against food insecurity and climate change.

The System of Rice Intensification promises higher yields at a lower cost than conventional growing methods.

Changing lunch: For farmers, new ‘can’t miss’ technology isn’t always enough

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Economist and food-policy researcher Shane Bryan says along with producing better tools, we need to foster environments in which those tools are truly useful.

Hopeful lunch? When it comes to feeding the world, ‘nothing’ will save us

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Keeping our growing number of selves fed (sustainably, equitably, healthily) is way more than just a technical challenge. But the technical stuff does matter, too.