There’s a biodiversity crisis and our food system is driving it | All Hail

When most of us think about extinction of species, we often think of endangered big predators like tigers and bears, or endangered forests where vast areas of their habitat are being destroyed along with the creatures in it.

But how about this image: a supermarket aisle. It seems counterintuitive, supermarkets appear as spaces of such range and abundance. But if you take a closer look, you’ll soon realize they are actually examples of the enormous impact our global food system has had on biodiversity, which is both valuable and in danger.

#AllHailThePlanet explores the social, economic, and political forces that are preventing effective global action against climate change.

In this ninth episode, Ali Rae speaks with scholar and food rights activist, Vandana Shiva, farmer and former leader of Via Campesina, Elizabeth Mpofu, landscape architect and environmental educator, Costa Georgiadis, and biologist, agronomist and Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) coordinator, Asmund Asdal.