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IPES Report Exposes Food System Links to Fossil Fuels and Proposes Solutions – Food Tank

Summary

A new report from International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) warns that the global food system’s deep dependence on fossil fuels is putting food security and climate goals at risk. Their new report “Fuel to Fork: What Will it Take to Get Fossil Fuels Out of Our Food Systems?” highlights the scale of the problem—and what can be done about it. The report finds that fossil fuels are embedded in every stage of the industrialized food chain, from the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides on farms, to ultra-processed foods and plastic packaging. These dependencies are not only fueling climate impacts, ecological degradation, and public health consequences—they also expose food systems to economic shocks and supply disruptions, increasing food insecurity. According to IPES-Food, food systems account for at least 15 percent of global fossil fuel use and consume 40 percent of all petrochemicals.

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