Table Talk

For decades, the global food system has evolved around a small number of plants and animals. 75% of our calories now come from just five animals and 12 crops.     But as the world becomes more insecure, and the climate crisis worsens, the risk of relying on a small number of crops rises.   And the risks are not just around the crops, they are around the geography of the system. We are all seeing that now, as the war in Ukraine causes global issues in food price and supply. So the food system needs to adapt and change; we should be growing different crops in different places. The good news is, our world is full of incredible, edible things. There are thousands of plants which can give us what we need, and which are not currently being eaten at scale.   Within that diversity, surely there are plants which could become new global or regional staples, which could resist drought, which could make us healthier. In this episode of the Food Matters Live podcast, our panel of experts look at what the diet of the