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Our Food System is Rigged feat. Sheril Kirshenbaum

Hot Mess is a show about how climate change impacts all of us, and about how we can create a better future for our planet and ourselves. Premiering April 19th, 2018!

Our Food System is Rigged feat. Sheril Kirshenbaum

We’ve Ignored Climate Change For More Than a Century Episode 34 | 11m 53s | CC

The way we eat is unsustainable for the climate. Our food system contributes a massive amount of greenhouse gas emissions and touches basically every facet of our life. The answer is pretty simple on paper: We need to convert more of our diet to plant-based foods, and away from red meat. But in practice? It’s nowhere near that easy.

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