Former White House Chef on Food Production and Climate Change

By NowThis

Published on 9/22/2021 at 9:11 AM

‘We will not be able to produce enough food for the people on this planet’ — Sam Kass, Obama’s former White House assistant chef, explains why we urgently need to fix our food production systems

Produced in partnership with EAT Forum, Stockholm Resilience Centre, IKEA Foundation.

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