Food systems do more damage to our health, planet, and economy than any other sector. They could also be our biggest solution to all three.

The evidence converges across every dimension.

Six critical, interconnected areas. The cost of the current system is steep. The gains from change are larger.

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April's throughline: demand-side change is necessary but insufficient on its own. What we eat is shaped as much by the structures around us as by knowledge or willpower, and those structures are levers we can move. The food system didn't become this fragile by accident. It was built this way. The countries that contributed least to building it are paying the most to live in it. March findings from 11 key studies and reports. As the evidence base for food systems transformation deepens, so does the case for structural change. Every year, the global food system generates around $15 trillion in hidden costs, or $42 billion a day. More than it contributes to the world economy. The breakdown:

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