Roger Hallam, who Guy and I interviewed on Nature Bats Last and is currently in jail for trying to keep the planet habitable, had failed potato crops, but if my memory serves me correctly that was excessive rainfall. So, this is a different, additional threat,
I've added this analysis to my blog post titled "On the Verge of Starvation" which is based upon a previous analysis from Guy on our precarious food chains. Supply chains that operate at near full capacity always making them suspectable to even minor perturbations.
“People burying their head in the sand”? That's inconceivable! Missing targets is consistent with collective human behavior during the last two centuries. I doubt we band together to “save the day” any time soon.
No way, Jose, not my spuds as well!
Roger Hallam, who Guy and I interviewed on Nature Bats Last and is currently in jail for trying to keep the planet habitable, had failed potato crops, but if my memory serves me correctly that was excessive rainfall. So, this is a different, additional threat,
https://kevinhester.live/2016/06/07/for-every-1-degree-c-we-warm-the-planet-we-will-see-7-more-moisture-in-the-atmosphere/
I've added this analysis to my blog post titled "On the Verge of Starvation" which is based upon a previous analysis from Guy on our precarious food chains. Supply chains that operate at near full capacity always making them suspectable to even minor perturbations.
https://kevinhester.live/2023/03/23/on-the-verge-of-starvation/
There is another fragility in the food supply.
Avian Bird Flu:
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/14/business/egg-shortage-bird-flu?fbclid=IwY2xjawHzn6RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaPfNXlUht2u6nVqlyOnBwuD4tjbZwQS85DDUHgMq54qhXf_EFl76VlY4A_aem_nk4qsdo52BLiI9Z3uds8Kg
The threats never end!
“It’s almost as if people are burying their head in the sand,” he said. “There’s so many other issues that grab the attention, that this is somehow insidious and creeping up on us and most people don’t give it too much thought. Which is what makes how way off we are from meeting the UN targets on hunger very scary." The edited highlights from the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/14/nobel-world-food-prize-laureates-global-hunger-open-letter-food-production?fbclid=IwY2xjawHzk_9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfLhL7TDZArgLxTaPx6sgjJIcokVewE6Cx74m4YWyleJezi85dC8feuaqA_aem_e9v7DyjawrykiqIKOqtnrw
“People burying their head in the sand”? That's inconceivable! Missing targets is consistent with collective human behavior during the last two centuries. I doubt we band together to “save the day” any time soon.
Dr. Genevieve Guenther
@DoctorVive
"The mild UK Fall and Winter has caused broccoli and cauliflower to come up too early, spoiling the crop. "
"I have a list of systemic effects of global heating on the world's food system, but crops coming up too early wasn't even on that list."
https://x.com/DoctorVive/status/1878817210908762266?fbclid=IwY2xjawHzfuZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHd-Ht3tb_EdUEpVrwECBwfCrUWpiHaEOT_NmVrM0kZ0YBcC9cA-vFplX9g_aem_FrRX5yva8q54zMVSPoDONQ
Wait, what?!? We humans haven't yet thought of every route to starvation? Give it time ... we’ll get there.
Thank you for the informed comment, Kevin. Seems we can fail in any direction, as you exemplify with mention of Hallam and me.
Thank you for continuing to share my work and add to it. I greatly appreciate your never-ending collegiality.