Did you know that eating plant-based foods is one of the best tools we have to address climate change? In fact a ‘Plant Rich Diet‘ was ranked as the top tool households have to cut carbon pollution by Project Drawdown.
Eating a plant-rich diet and cutting your meat consumption signals to your grocery store and food producers that consumers want less high-emitting meat and dairy production, and more healthy plants. – Project Drawdown
Americans eat more meat per capita than any other country, but even a flexitarian ‘Planetary Health Diet‘ that includes smaller meat & dairy portions can help us meet climate goals according to the EAT Lancet Commission. In fact, the meat and dairy industries pollute so much that if they were a nation, they would be the second biggest climate polluter in the world—exceeding even the US!
Source: Hannah Ritchie, Our World in Data
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