Farm to Table

Figure 7.1

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Allison Crimmins, Lewis Ziska, Jada Garofalo, Stacey DeGrasse, Isabel Walls

This figure appears in chapter 7 of the The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment report.

The food system involves a network of interactions with our physical and biological environments as food moves from production to consumption, or from “farm to table.” Rising CO₂ and climate change will affect the quality and distribution of food, with subsequent effects on food safety and nutrition.

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This figure was created on November 20, 2014.

The spatial range for this figure is N/A° to N/A° latitude, and N/A° to N/A° longitude.