You're listening to Well Now, Slight's Podcast on Health and Wellness.

I'm Kavita Patel.

And I'm Maya Feller.

It's near impossible to ignore the impact of climate change on our lives.

Sea levels are rising and warming.

Wildfires, hurricanes, and other environmental disasters are increasing in number and strength

around the nation. And a major contributor to the warming planet is the way we

process food. A major new UN report out today warns that the climate crisis is threatening the

world's food supply. How we grow food, chop down forests, and drain wetlands

contributes about 23% of human greenhouse gas emissions.

Scientists believe America's bread basket could soon be empty and they're

warning a relentless drought is harming the nation's wheat crops.

From moldy strawberries to Thanksgiving leftovers.

Food waste is a part of daily life in America.

And according to the Environmental Protection Agency,

it's responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Our diet is critical to starting on the path to wellness, but how can the way we eat and what

we eat affect climate change?

Today we're going to talk with a registered dietician nutritionist

who's trying to change how we think about our food systems

so we can fight global warming one grocery run at a time.

It's really amazing that what is sustainable for the planet

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