Tip of the iceberg

• Autores: Olive Heffernan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3113, 2017, págs. 24-25
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Heffernan talks about the lettuce crisis in the UK. With shortages expected to last until spring, and price hikes on the cards, the "lettuce crisis" has come as a shock to most consumers. Some have turned to panic buying, although others are buying to resell to hard-hit restaurants and cafes. A few, however, have welcomed the crisis as a rare opportunity for the public to contemplate exactly where their food comes from. If there's one thing this can teach them, it's the extent to which climate change can wreak havoc on food grown for the world's wealthy. Yet most of them cling to the idea that in a warmer world, food shortages will be a problem for someone else, somewhere else, chiefly those who already struggle to feed themselves.