Record rain fall and extreme climates have become a common occurrence around the world. The
television news shows farmers standing in front of their flooded fields the ground too wet to
harvest one season's crop or to plant the next. Our climate is changing but agriculture is
not just the victim of climate change - it is one of the major drivers too. Our food systems
are responsible for around a third of all greenhouse gases. In this book Sarah Bearchell
explores how agriculture is using targeted breeding automation and precision inputs to produce
more with less. She considers how we can reduce our impact by addressing problems in our food
system from packaging and transport to the incredible quantities of waste. As consumers we
can make small changes straight away and push for long term change in the wider system.
Agriculture can become a force for good but it needs our help.
