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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). | |||
::* 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]]. | |||
::* [[climate change|Methane emissions]], such as from cows. | |||
::* [[climate change|CO2 emissions]] from fertilizer production. | |||
* | ::* [[Pollution]] from [[pesticide]]s and [[fertilizer]]s. | ||
* Animal cruelty | * Animal cruelty | ||
::* Particularly bad in [[factory farms]], which are the source of most animal products. | |||