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Follow the food

Season 2 2021

  • 2021-01-30T00:00:00Z on BBC World News
  • 30m
  • 4h (8 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
In the face of a global pandemic, food producers are on the frontline of the response.

8 episodes

Season Premiere

2021-01-30T00:00:00Z

2x01 Farmers on the Frontline

Season Premiere

2x01 Farmers on the Frontline

  • 2021-01-30T00:00:00Z30m

Many of us rarely think about how food reaches our plate, but that all changed with the pandemic. Travel restrictions and labour absences led to food shortages across the world. It was a timely warning of the dangers of the food crisis we are all threatened with. Because by 2050 the global population is estimated to rise to 10 billion, and to feed ourselves we will need to greatly increase food production, but how can we do this in a sustainable way that doesn't harm the environment? In Follow the Food, renowned Botanist, James Wong, will explore how farming, science, technology and the consumer can overcome this profound challenge. In this episode, James Wong considers the biggest challenge facing us all - the climate crisis.

2021-02-06T00:00:00Z

2x02 Seeds of Life

2x02 Seeds of Life

  • 2021-02-06T00:00:00Z30m

Many of us rarely think about how food reaches our plate, but that all changed with the pandemic. Travel restrictions and labour absences led to food shortages across the world. It was a timely warning of the dangers of the food crisis we are all threatened with. Because by 2050 the global population is estimated to rise to 10 billion, and to feed ourselves we will need to greatly increase food production, but how can we do this in a sustainable way that doesn't harm the environment? In Follow the Food, renowned Botanist, James Wong, will explore how farming, science, technology and the consumer can overcome this profound challenge. In this episode, James Wong examines how we can become less reliant on a small number of crops to feed us.

2021-02-13T00:00:00Z

2x03 Growing New Farmers

2x03 Growing New Farmers

  • 2021-02-13T00:00:00Z30m

Many of us rarely think about how food reaches our plate, but that all changed with the pandemic. Travel restrictions and labour absences led to food shortages across the world. It was a timely warning of the dangers of the food crisis we are all threatened with. Because by 2050 the global population is estimated to rise to 10 billion, and to feed ourselves we will need to greatly increase food production, but how can we do this in a sustainable way that doesn't harm the environment? In a new series of Follow the Food, renowned botanist James Wong will explore how farming, science, technology and the consumer can overcome this profound challenge. In this episode, James Wong considers how we can produce a new generation of farmers to stop the world going hungry.

2021-02-20T00:00:00Z

2x04 It Never Rains, It Pours

2x04 It Never Rains, It Pours

  • 2021-02-20T00:00:00Z30m

Many of us rarely think about how food reaches our plate, but that all changed with the pandemic. Travel restrictions and labour absences led to food shortages across the world. It was a timely warning of the dangers of the food crisis we are all threatened with. Because by 2050 the global population is estimated to rise to 10 billion, and to feed ourselves we will need to greatly increase food production, but how can we do this in a sustainable way that doesn't harm the environment? In a new series of Follow the Food, renowned Botanist, James Wong, will explore how farming, science, technology and the consumer can overcome this profound challenge. In this episode, James Wong examines how agriculture can solve its water problems.

2021-02-27T00:00:00Z

2x05 The Promised Land

2x05 The Promised Land

  • 2021-02-27T00:00:00Z30m

Many of us rarely think about how food reaches our plate, but that all changed with the pandemic. Travel restrictions and labour absences led to food shortages across the world. It was a timely warning of the dangers of the food crisis we are all threatened with. Because by 2050 the global population is estimated to rise to 10 billion, and to feed ourselves we will need to greatly increase food production, but how can we do this in a sustainable way that doesn't harm the environment? In Follow the Food, renowned Botanist, James Wong, will explore how farming, science, technology and the consumer can overcome this profound challenge. In this episode, James Wong considers the very foundation of the food chain, the earth itself.

2021-03-06T00:00:00Z

2x06 Urban Farming

2x06 Urban Farming

  • 2021-03-06T00:00:00Z30m

Many of us rarely think about how food reaches our plate, but that all changed with the pandemic. Travel restrictions and labour absences led to food shortages across the world. It was a timely warning of the dangers of the food crisis we are all threatened with. Because by 2050 the global population is estimated to rise to 10 billion, and to feed ourselves we will need to greatly increase food production, but how can we do this in a sustainable way that doesn't harm the environment? In a new series of Follow the Food, renowned Botanist, James Wong, will explore how farming, science, technology and the consumer can overcome this profound challenge. In this episode, James Wong examines whether cities can produce more of their own food, to help reduce food miles and waste.

2021-03-13T00:00:00Z

2x07 A Smarter Harvest

2x07 A Smarter Harvest

  • 2021-03-13T00:00:00Z30m

Many of us rarely think about how food reaches our plate, but that all changed with the pandemic. Travel restrictions and labour absences led to food shortages across the world. It was a timely warning of the dangers of the food crisis we are all threatened with. Because by 2050 the global population is estimated to rise to 10 billion, and to feed ourselves we will need to greatly increase food production, but how can we do this in a sustainable way that doesn't harm the environment? In a new series of Follow the Food, renowned Botanist, James Wong, will explore how farming, science, technology and the consumer can overcome this profound challenge. In this episode, James Wong reveals how big data has transformed food production.

Season Finale

2021-03-20T00:00:00Z

2x08 Consumer Power

Season Finale

2x08 Consumer Power

  • 2021-03-20T00:00:00Z30m

Many of us rarely think about how food reaches our plate, but that all changed with the pandemic. Travel restrictions and labour absences led to food shortages across the world. It was a timely warning of the dangers of the food crisis we are all threatened with. Because by 2050 the global population is estimated to rise to 10 billion, and to feed ourselves we will need to greatly increase food production, but how can we do this in a sustainable way that doesn't harm the environment? In a new series of Follow the Food, renowned Botanist, James Wong, will explore how farming, science, technology and the consumer can overcome this profound challenge. In this episode, James Wong examines how we can all transform the food system simply through the choices we make as consumers.

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