Dr. Lewis Ziska - Rising CO2 Levels Makes our Food Less Nutritious: A Growing Public Health Emergency

Lewis Ziska, PhD is a plant physiologist and an associate professor at Columbia University. Dr. Ziska studies the nexus of climate change, carbon dioxide, plant biology and public health and has published over 100 peer-reviewed research articles. He was formerly with the USDA until summer 2019 when he resigned after having critical work with implications for millions around the world, blocked by the Trump administration in an unprecedented effort to silence academia and the search for truth.  This week in Agriculture Adapts by ClimateAi: - If CO2 is plant food, shouldn't more of it be good for plants? Not by a long shot - Higher atmospheric CO2 is causing a food/public health emergency in developing countries - What is the role of food businesses in protecting consumer health & taking the mantle on sustainability?