Half of the world's calories

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Dec. 22, 2022

Read the story Of the 6,000 plant species humans have eaten over time, the world now mostly eats nine, of which just three – rice, wheat and maize – provide 50% of all calories. Rising incomes, industrial farming and the impact of Western culture mean we are all eating increasingly alike, leaving entire populations vulnerable to food insecurity. That's prompting some countries to try to shift things back.  Read The Big Take.

Listen to the podcast Bloomberg journalists Jasmine Ng and Jin Wu join this episode from Singapore to talk about how and why the world's diets converged. And Stefan Schmidt of Crop Trust – which promotes global food diversity – comes on the show to give a preview of what our dinner plates will look like in the future. Subscribe and listen on iHeart, Apple and Spotify.

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