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 ==Problems==
-The biggest global food-related problems include:
+The world's food-related problems include:
-* Hunger
+* [[Hunger]] & malnutrition
 ** Nearly 900 million people lack calories or protein (1 in 9 people worldwide).
-* Unhealthy food
+** Even more people lack vitamins & minerals, even if they get enough calories & protein.
-** Some diets have enough calories/protein but lack vitamins and minerals.
+* Environmental impact
-* [[Deforestation]]
+** [[Habitat loss]], due to agriculture using so much [[land]].
-** Agriculture is using too much land. Natural habitats are destroyed to make room.
+** [[climate change|Methane emissions]], particularly from cows.
+** [[climate change|CO2 emissions]] from [[fertilizer]] production.
+** Pollution from pesticides and fertilizers.
 * Animal cruelty
 ** Particularly bad in [[factory farms]], which are the source of most animal products.
+These problems are magnified by ''inefficiency'':
+[[File:food-funnel.png]]
 ==Solutions==