Main Ideas
Climate change affects food systems and food systems affect _______.
Climate change
Greenhouse gases
Fixing food with technology vs. changing human habits.
“Right fixes” framework
Staple crops harmed by heat & drought (name one).
Wheat, rice, maize, etc
The responsibility to fix food-climate issues falls on...
Both individuals and systems
The reason why philosophy is needed in food & climate debates.
Legal labels linking food to place
Geographical Indications
Reducing climate impact vs. adjusting to climate effects.
Mitigation vs. adaptation
Example of cultural food knowledge at risk due to climate migration.
Traditional farming or Indigenous food practices
The principle that says those who pollute should pay.
Pollution principle
These are the three dimensions of the impact of food on climate change.
Production, consumption, and authority and responsibility
Idea that food systems should support culture, land, and community control.
Food sovereignty
Why authors say frameworks can blur in practice.
Real solutions often mix approaches
Food famous for climate-sensitive regional identity (name one)
Wine, cheese, coffee, kimchi cabbage
The three major principles for deciding who has moral responsibility to address climate-related hunger: the pollution principle, the beneficiary principle, and the ______ principle.
Ability principle
Name one main way climate change threatens food.
Crop loss, lower yield, cultural food loss, etc.
Food that is lost or thrown away in the supply chain.
Food loss and waste
Protect every natural resource vs. allow substitutes.
Strong vs. weak sustainability
Climate change risking the variety of edible plants and animals.
Food biodiversity loss
These concerns arise from genetically engineering foods.
"Naturalness" and culture concerns
The reason why defining "food" itself can be a philosophical question.
Food meaning varies by culture, science, & ethics
Term for attempts to rebuild the entire food system - not just individual diets - to be climate-friendly and just.
System-based sustainability approach
Framework focused on matching food systems to new climate realities.
Customizing food systems
These two ideas complicate common understanding of Global Hunger and undernutrition.
Common definitions lean on a western lifestyle, and human bodies need substances which are not related to energy production yet are key for survival (e.g. iodine)
This debate talks about whether we should protect traditional foods even if adapting is cheaper.
Heritage vs. efficiency