The food system encompasses the full life cycle of food. In addition to agriculture, this includes activities that take place off the farm

from the preplanting conversion of native grasslands and production of agricultural chemicals, for example, to the post-harvest distribution, consumption, and disposal of food.¹ The food system is responsible for approximately one third of both national and global greenhouse gas emissions.² We must approach the food system as a whole in order to craft laws and policies that address the system’s full complement of social, nutritional, and environmental impacts.

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