Michelin-star chefs join green cuisine crusade

In a city famed for foie gras and filet mignon, some of the world's top chefs gathered in Paris on Tuesday to showcase the green side of gastronomy, for the planet and our palettes.

It might mean swapping the cote-de-boeuf for cowpeas, the blanquette de veau for buckwheat flour, but a growing number of foodie insiders are joining climate scientists in calling for drastic measures to sustainably feed our ballooning population.

The food production industry is currently the single largest emitter of greenhouse gases and the biggest driver of biodiversity loss, with agriculture alone drinking up 70 percent of the world's fresh water supply.