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This is really interesting. Do you have any source to back up what you wrote or is it just your opinion? From what I read giving up our meat heavy diet is goin
by uxcolumbo 7y ago
This is really interesting. Do you have any source to back up what you wrote or is it just your opinion?
From what I read giving up our meat heavy diet is going to be necessary to reduce GHG emissions. And not only that - the heavy animal agriculture industry also contributes to biodiversity loss and pollution.
This researcher[1] from the Oxford University conducted a 5 year study to understand the impact our current food choices have on the environment. He gave up meat & dairy as the conclusion of the study was that adopting a more plant based diet is the single best thing an individual can do to reduce their own carbon footprint.
The UN released a similar report and recommended the same - to heavily reduce or give up meat completely.
And then there is the water usage required for animal agriculture [2].
Sources:
[0] https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/201603-plant-based-diets/ https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/201603-plant-based-di...
[1] https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987.full?ijkey=ffyeW1F0oSl6k&keytype=ref&siteid=sci https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987.full?ijk...
[2] https://waterfootprint.org/en/water-footprint/product-water-footprint/water-footprint-crop-and-animal-products/ https://waterfootprint.org/en/water-footprint/product-water-...
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