By: Alison Snyder, Axios
Hello from Los Angeles where we just hosted the first Axios Science event. More on that below, along with experts weighing in on food security, a roundup of top science stories, and, of course, something wondrous.
More than 760 million people around the world are hungry, with even more at risk as the planet's population is expected to grow to 9 billion by 2050. At the same time, climate change and related droughts, floods, and epidemics of pest and disease are predicted to challenge our ability to reliably and consistently produce food…