[180] Food and Climate Change without the Hot Air with Sarah Bridle

In this week's episode I'm chatting to Sarah Bridle, who is possibly our first Professor on the podcast! Professor Sarah Bridle is Chair in Food, Climate and Society at the University of York, researching environmental impacts of the food system and potential impacts of the environment on food availability. She is also the author of Food and Climate Change - Without the Hot Air, an accessible guide to how different foods contribute to climate change, a brilliant book which I would highly recommend!

Food is a big part of all of our lives. And it's a big part of the climate crisis too - around a third of all greenhouse gas emissions come from food. When it comes to 'sustainable food' it very quickly gets very complicated - there are so many different things to think about, and often it feels very difficult to make the 'right' decision.

I loved hearing Sarah's personal story around her career pivot from Astrophysics to food and climate change, and how she has also had to navigate the difficulties of trying to change family diets and habits in her own household, so understands that what can sound like straightforward swaps on paper, are often more challenging!

We cover a LOT in the episode, and I'm very aware that we might have simply opened a whole can of worms and raised even more questions - do let me know if there's bits that you would love to hear more about and dive into a little more detail!

Sarah Bridle

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USEFUL LINKS:

• Sarah Bridle
  - Linked In
  - Twitter/X
  - Food and climate change without the Hot Air
  - Sarah at University of York
  - TEDx talk - Eating our way out of climate change
  - Take a Bit out of Climate Change
  - Fix our Food
  - UKRI Agri-Food for Net Zero Network+
  - Climate Food Flashcards
  - Planet Pizza - free downloadable activity for kids
• David MacKay - Sustainable Energy without the Hot Air
• River Wye chicken farm pollution
• Regenesis - George Monbiot
• How Bad are Bananas? - Mike Berners-Lee
• [134] - How eating seasonally can lower your carbon footprint - with Veg Power
• [095] - How to make veggie meals our kids might actually eat - with Rachel Boyett
• [077] - How your freezer can help fight food waste - with Kate Hall