| https://sentientmedia.org/new-study-confirms-plant-based-bet... A new University of Oxford study adds to the growing body of evidence that plant-based foods, even the processed ones, are better for the planet than meat, especially beef and lamb. https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2120584119 Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 food products https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/07/plant-ba... Plant-based meat by far the best climate investment, report finds https://css.umich.edu/publications/research-publications/bey... Beyond Meat's Beyond Burger Life Cycle Assessment: A detailed comparison between a plant-based and an animal-based protein source the Beyond Burger generates 90% less greenhouse gas emissions, requires 46% less energy, has >99% less impact on water scarcity and 93% less impact on land use than a ¼ pound of U.S. beef https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local ... Transport is a small contributor to emissions. For most food products, it accounts for less than 10%, and it’s much smaller for the largest GHG emitters. In beef from beef herds, it’s 0.5%. |