Self-reflection is a good first step toward change, so the hot debates taking place on several fronts will hopefully be instructive as we seek to aid our ailing planet.Ĭoupled with the growing realization that many human beings worldwide are suffering from collective malnutrition in all its forms-from stunting and wasting primarily (although not exclusively) in developing countries to morbid obesity elsewhere-many health authorities and organizations are taking a more critical view of our global food system, and the changes we will need to enact to improve the health of people as well as the environment. Issues including the way we heat our homes, to the forms of transportation we employ, to the foods we eat are under heavier scrutiny than ever before, and rightly so. 1 While the impact these short-term emission changes ultimately have on global climate change remains to be seen, few people with an understanding of the issue would argue that if we are to meaningfully affect the growing climate crisis in a positive way in the future, human beings will need to alter their habits in the long term. Early reports have shown declines approaching 25% in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)s in large GHG emitter regions such as the United States, China, and the European Union during the first weeks of the pandemic, due mainly to drops in transportation usage, industry shutdowns, and the concomitant decline in the demand for oil. If the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) situation currently gripping the globe has taught us anything so far, it is that large-scale changes in human behavior can have a great impact on various environmental indicators. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The authors are employees of the Global Dairy Platform.Ĭorrespondence: Mitch Kanter, PhD, Global Dairy Platform 10255 W. Prior to that as the CEO of New Zealand’s largest independent business & information management consulting firm. He previously held senior roles in Marketing, Business Development and Strategy for one of the world leading dairy cooperatives. Kanter started his career in academics, serving as an Asst Professor as well as an NIH Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, and he maintains an Adjunct Associate Professorship at the University of Minnesota.ĭonald Moore, is the Executive Director of the Global Dairy Platform in Rosemont Illinois having joined the platform in 2010. During his 30 year career in the food and agriculture industries he has served in various technical leadership roles for several multinational companies and organizations.
Mitch Kanter, PhD, is the Technical Director for the Global Dairy Platform in Rosemont, Illinois.