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Ready for a world without bananas and coffee?
A staggering 1.3 billion tons. That’s how much food we waste around the planet each year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. All that food could feed millions upon millions of people in places like
Eating insects is good for you and the planet too
Insects like grasshoppers, water beetles and crickets are regular staples of diets in Southeast Asia, Africa and Central America. Yet many people in Europe tend to turn their noses up at fried crickets and sautéed grasshoppers. Each to his own,
Climate change is threatening our morning cuppas
If you like your morning cup of coffee, you are hardly alone. Some 2.25 billion cups of coffee are sipped and gobbled down daily around the planet. Nor are you alone in potentially losing your favorite cups of coffee because
Climate change may trigger a trade war over fishing
As climate change continues to cause havoc with weather patterns around the planet, many species are on the move. Those species include a host of marine animals like fish. Warming water temperatures are causing fish to migrate to new areas
