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Current food-related problems include:
Current food-related problems include:
* [[Hunger]] & malnutrition
* [[Hunger]] & malnutrition
** About 829 million people lack calories or protein (1 in 10 people worldwide).
::* About 829 million people lack calories or protein (1 in 10 people worldwide).
** Even more people lack vitamins & minerals, even if they get enough calories & protein.
::* Even more people lack vitamins & minerals, even if they get enough calories & protein.
* Environmental impact
* Environmental impact
** [[Habitat loss]], due to agriculture using so much [[land]].
::* [[Habitat loss]], due to agriculture using so much [[land]].
** [[climate change|Methane emissions]], such as from cows.
::* [[climate change|Methane emissions]], such as from cows.
** [[climate change|CO2 emissions]] from [[fertilizer]] production.
::* [[climate change|CO2 emissions]] from fertilizer production.
** Pollution from pesticides and fertilizers.
::* [[Pollution]] from [[pesticide]]s and [[fertilizer]]s.
* Animal cruelty
* Animal cruelty
** Particularly bad in [[factory farms]], which are the source of most animal products.
::* Particularly bad in [[factory farms]], which are the source of most animal products.