Nine gigatons of greenhouse gases, more than 15 percent of the world’s annual emissions emergency, come from agriculture and our food system: industrial farming, livestock (especially beef cattle), rice production, fertilizers, and food waste.
To reach net zero, we must transform our food system literally from the ground up.
By 2050, the globe’s population will grow to nearly 10 billion people, up from 8 billion today. A larger middle class will boost demand for protein. For everyone to have enough to eat, we’ll need to produce up to 60 percent more calories than we did in 2010.
To meet the world’s needs while achieving our Fix Food objective to cut seven gigatons of emissions, we must tackle the following sources of greenhouse gases.