How food is grown and what humans eat have profound impacts on health, water, biodiversity, and climate. Challenges from increasing population, stagnating yields, changing diets and environmental degradation are all exacerbated by a warmer, more variable climate.

Dr. Paul West, co-director and lead scientist of the Global Landscapes Initiative at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, addressed these issues and discussed how this requires transforming the global food system, including key steps for increasing food security and reducing agriculture’s environmental impact.

This event was part of the Montana Institute on Ecosystems’ Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series. Recorded on Sept. 26, 2018 at the Museum of the Rockies.