Climate experts say when it comes to global warming, pay attention to what we eat. Food and agriculture make up about 33% of the pollution that heats our planet. What's driving all that climate pollution in food? Food waste, deforestation, and a huge global demand for beef, to name a few.
When it comes to climate change, food matters. So WUWM and NPR are reporting on solutions.
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The city’s Environmental Collaboration Office just launched a new initiative to tackle food waste, food insecurity and climate change. -
How will farmers cope with the environmental stresses of climate change? There’s momentum to grow crops indoors in urban settings. We visit Hundred Acres, an indoor farm in Milwaukee's 30th Street Corridor. -
Establishing a new nut industry has been a tough nut to crack. But experts say the crop could diversify agricultural economies and bring environmental benefits to depleted farmland. -
Work is underway to create more resilient food production systems in the face of climate change. That includes within the Ho-Chunk Nation in Wisconsin. -
A pay-what-you-can café in the Sherman Park neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, relies on locally grown and donated produce. It’s a model its creators believe can be easily replicated. -
Milwaukee native Mitchelle Lyle, founder and director of the afterschool classes, talks about the hydroponics program’s roots. -
Since 2009, Victory Garden Initiative has installed over 7,000 garden beds across Milwaukee as part of its annual "blitz." This year's blitz has officially begun, as the organization seeks to install 500 more beds across Milwaukee from April 20 to May 4. -
There's an effort underway to get young people involved in environmental work. Those efforts have resulted in a variety of paid summer internships—some focused on green infrastructure, others land restoration or urban food production. -
Wisconsin is emerging from its warmest winter since recordkeeping began in 1895. This news underscores the fact that climate change is impacting our world. Farmers have always dealt with the whims of weather. Now, they’re working on adaptation strategies. -
The fine-dining restaurant has had induction stoves behind the counters ever since it opened more than a decade ago — a rarity in the world of restaurants. -
Modern agriculture can create a lot of waste, but that doesn’t mean it needs to go to waste. At Crave Brothers Farmstead in Waterloo, Wisconsin, they’re turning that waste into profit by reusing the manure made by their cows. -
In their Filipino-Mexican mobile kitchen, Jack and Chase Roldan serve up plant-based versions of the food they loved as kids. -
Climate change has maple syrup producer Karl Martin thinking about how to adapt.
