The Forecast Restaurants Need to Know About Climate Change

While underlying forces behind rising global warming remain an issue of contention for some, the reality of climate change is increasingly difficult for anyone to ignore. And for hospitality and food service professionals around the world, that has some very real and potentially significant implications.

The bottom line is that climate change is affecting everything, everyone, everywhere.

Changing weather patterns can affect everything from crop yields and livestock health to the logistics of food production and availability, and from industry financial structures to consumer preferences and expectations. On the most basic level, not only will global warming change what is being served in restaurants and hotels and the cost of products, but it will almost certainly create seasonal limitations on certain food items. While some of the worst effects of climate change are still in the future, the ramifications are far from theoretical: menus and store shelves are already being impacted…