Mark Kurlansky and Anna Lappe: Plate to Planet

Published: June 2, 2018, 5 a.m.

b'Mark Kurlansky and Anna Lapp\\xe9 are two of the country\\u2019s most prolific and influential authors writing about feeding a crowded planet with a destabilized climate. The connection between global warming and the dinner table isn\\u2019t always obvious when we go to the grocery store. But our choices about how we put food on our plates, and what we do with the waste, contribute to as much as one third of total greenhouse-gas emissions. How can we continue to feed the planet without destroying it in the process? A conversation about the climate costs of global food production \\u2013 and some possible solutions.\\n\\nGuests:\\nMark Kurlansky, Author, "MILK! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas" (Bloomsbury, 2018) \\nAnna Lapp\\xe9, Author, "Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork" (Bloomsbury, 2011)\\n\\nThis program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on May 16, 2018.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'