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I regularly like to challenge the 10-planet myth: We can feed the world with more plants, less beef. No need for 9 additional planets to feed humanity. By shifting towards mostly plant-based diets and reducing beef consumption, we can sustainably nourish our population. Let's also debunk the "poor plant protein" myth: Quinoa, amaranth Tofu, for example, offer protein quality comparable to beef. It's entirely possible to meet your protein needs through plants alone. For optimal healthspans, taste, and sustainability, it looks like a quite attractive option to consume a diverse range of plant-based foods (30 per week) while reducing meat to a rare treat or much smaller portions.

And if you don’t know, now you know! 🌽 "Cutting back – even a little – on red meat and dairy products can have disproportionally large benefits for climate change. While an all-vegan diet is unlikely to become the norm anytime soon, small shifts toward a more plant-rich diet with fewer and smaller portions of less-polluting animal protein can provide huge benefits for climate, land, water, biodiversity, and human health." - Jonathan Foley To see this graph at full size, check out the article here: https://bit.ly/4f1u7Sl Please share this with someone who is curious about their food impact! #climatesolutions #projectdrawdown #sustainableagriculture #agriculture #climateaction #foodsystems source: Our World in Data

Is the #ClimateCrisis bad enough for us to change what we eat yet? Beef is the most climate-polluting substance most of us will ever encounter in our lives. It emits between 30-50x more greenhouse gas per kg than burning coal. #climateChange #climateBreakDown #ProjectDrawDown #GoVegan

More than 11,000 scientists: "WE ARE IN A CLIMATE EMERGENCY." What they say on food: "Eating mostly plant-based foods while reducing the global consumption of animal products (figure 1c–d), especially ruminant livestock (Ripple et al. 2014), can improve human health and significantly lower GHG emissions (including methane in the “Short-lived pollutants” step). Moreover, this will free up croplands for growing much-needed human plant food instead of livestock feed, while releasing some grazing land to support natural climate solutions (see “Nature” section). Cropping practices such as minimum tillage that increase soil carbon are vitally important. We need to drastically reduce the enormous amount of food waste around the world.

Thank you for sharing Curtis Harnanan. This one is close to my heart. #Food has a flavorful part to play in reaching our #climategoals! #Food waste and #PlantBased Diets are two of the most important levers we can activate at the #individual level that will make a HUGE impact. #PlantBasedDiets: "Plant-rich diets hold enormous potential for climate change mitigation if adopted on a global scale. They also tend to be healthier than animal-rich diets." More here: https://lnkd.in/giA6n3za #Foodwaste: "Project Drawdown has found that reducing food loss and waste is one of the #largestclimatesolutions across all #sectors, not just in the food system" More here: https://lnkd.in/gqhwgWjX

🚨⏳The need for change has never been more urgent! ⚖️ Halving our livestock emissions starts by tackling the demand for meat and dairy! Sign up today and come with us on the journey to sustainable dining… 🌮 🍕 🍔 #plantbasedmeat #plantbaseddairy #alternativeprotein

In view of climate change, agriculture solutions remain a great contributor to food security.

Climate Smart Food 2023: Down on the cultured meat farm with Ivy Farm Technologies. Thanks for having explaining the cultivated meat production process Richard Dillon - video coming to FoodNavigator soon. #FoodNavigatorSummit