This week we’re hammering on a topic familiar to most Americans: brunch. Well, brunching is the inflection point of a much more serious conversation around climate change and its effects on the crops we, as human consumers, have come to depend on. I’m talking coffee, orange juice, wine and avocado toast. Told you it was serious. Dana O’Brien is an Executive Vice President at BIO Food & Agriculture and he’s our guest this week. Bio concentrates on changing environments and changing food preferences – as well as solutions to climate change that threatens how the planet produces food. You know, just that whole food, air thing.
Links:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-16/coffee-farmers-brace-for-climate-change-risk-to-arabica-crop
https://innovature.com/external-article/how-ag-innovation-could-help-people-who-cant-stomach-wheat