Global food system must be transformed 'on industrial revolution scale' | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Global food system must be transformed 'on industrial revolution scale' | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "The world will not be able to feed itself without destroying the planet unless a transformation on the scale of the industrial revolution takes place, a major government report has concluded.

The existing food system is failing half of the people on Earth, the report finds, with 1 billion going hungry, 1 billion lacking crucial vitamins and minerals from their diet and another billion 'substantially overconsuming', leading to obesity epidemics. Stresses on the food system are reflected in price spikes but the cost of food will rise sharply in coming decades, the report adds, which will increase the risk of conflict and migration."