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            Our Food System is Rigged feat. Sheril Kirshenbaum
                
                    
                        
                            Season 1
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 33
                        
                    
                
            
            
            The way we eat is unsustainable for the climate. Our food system contributes a massive amount of greenhouse gas emissions and touches basically every facet of our life. The answer is pretty simple on paper: We need to convert more of our diet to plant-based foods, and away from red meat. But in practice? It’s nowhere near that easy.
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