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This industrial food system is hell-bent on bigger, faster, cheaper and has rarely had to pay attention to its true costs—to the soil and water, the welfare of the animals, the health of farmers and farmworkers, or the climate. But increasingly, the world over, people are waking up to the real price of our industrial food system. , and scientific reports from venerable institutions like the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), more and more of us are aware of the “dark side” of an industrial food system that has gone global.
And scientific reports from venerable institutions like the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), more and more of us are aware of the “dark side” of an industrial food system that has gone global. We’re also beginning to comprehend the climate costs. Today, as I write these words, my memories of Full Belly Farm are still so vivid I can picture the lambs clumsily taking their first steps and taste the savory miso soup. What I dubbed at the time a sustainable farm, I now realize is a climate-friendly one, a farm that taps natural systems to guarantee that we are all fed—and that our planet stays cool.
Lucky for me, I arrive in time for lunch. Before I get my tour of the farm’s 250 acres, which will take me to the lambing sheep and acres of walnuts, fennel, broccoli, cauliflower, and some ninety other crops, I get to eat. And eat we do. Today, it’s miso egg drop soup with mushrooms, freshly baked bread, hand-wrapped California rolls, and a huge salad with orange slices and goat cheese from down the road. Apparently, the feast is typical. Five days a week, the live-in staff and interns, volunteers, and often neighbors chow down on lunches like this one.