Neil

Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil. And I'm Pippa. Many of us don't think twice about where the food in our kitchen comes from. One trip to the supermarket and we can buy anything we want, whether that's fruit grown in South America, tomatoes from Spain or rice flown in from Asia. Do you know where the food you buy comes from, Neil?

In this episode we'll be investigating the issues affecting food production in the UK. As usual, we'll learn some useful new vocabulary, and remember there's a quiz, worksheet and transcript of this episode on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

Mark says the report's conclusions are stark, an adjective which in this case means obvious or severe.

Another problem with food security relates to climate change. Carbon emissions from food production make up around a third of all greenhouse gases, from the diesel used to drive tractors to fertilizers to cows and sheep producing methane.

Encouraging farmers and consumers to move away from meat is a piece of the puzzle, according to Emma. A piece of the puzzle means a part of the solution to a problem, in this case the twin problems of food security and climate change.

And finally, the idiom be part of the solution, not the problem, means that if you are not actively trying to fix a problem, you are helping it continue. Once again, our six minutes are up, but if this topic has made you hungry for more, why not check out our food topic page on our website, bbclearningenglish.com. Bye for now. Goodbye.

Oh, wow.

That was fast.

Very quick.

You're the man.

So I wanted to call the other day because I listen on Odyssey a lot because it's nice.

I don't have to listen to commercials, so shout out to Odyssey.

But I was calling the other day, and then you guys were doing something with Rodgers or quarterback, and so anyway –

I just wanted to talk about Cruz the other day because I played center field growing up, and I wanted to because I was left-handed and you can't play shortstop as a lefty growing up.

So I just thought that whenever they're talking about his mishaps, I don't think you could really turn somebody that has probably never played outfield because all the best players when you're younger play infield.

I wanted to play center field because I was left-handed, all that stuff.

But I just don't know if a guy 6'7 who has never played will ever be good.

So we just have to understand that he's not going to be good.

It's not really easy to judge fly balls, especially in the majors.

And I just think that what do you guys think about maybe?