Is it possible to feed the growing world without starving the planet? A team of Associated Press journalists explored this question with a group of world experts, including Sanford’s Norbert Wilson, director of the World Food Policy Center, to learn more about how food production affects the climate and environment and how that could change in the future. Demand for protein — especially meat, which is agriculture’s largest toll on the environment — is soaring as the population grows, tastes change and incomes rise. The AP deployed journalists in 2022 to 16 locations in 10 countries on five continents to better understand this protein problem — and learn about ways some creative thinkers and innovators are trying to solve it. Results of this work were published in 2023.