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Country-Specific Dietary Shifts to Mitigate Climate and Water Crises
Vegan diets show the largest potential for a decrease in global greenhouse gas emissions and water use, followed by diets that limit animal products in varying degrees, with the exception of diets that eliminate meat but contain dairy and eggs.
More DetailsClimate Change and the American Diet
Highlighting the critical nature of large scale dietary shifts towards plant-based foods in reaching climate and environmental goals, this survey assesses current behavior, knowledge, and potential for behavioral change within American consumers.
More DetailsExploring the Biophysical Option Space for Feeding the World Without Deforestation
Looking at 500 scenarios with a variety of diets, vegetarian and vegan diets had the highest feasibility rates for meeting the global food supply by 2050 without clearing any further forests for agriculture. Human diets were found to be most important in creating a zero-deforestation world rather than increasing cropland yields and cropland expansion.
More DetailsReducing the Environmental Impact of Global Diets
Cattle production was found to have high negative impacts on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) compared to other types of meat production, such as poultry and pork, because of their need for large pasture sizes to graze.
More DetailsReview: Associations among Goods, Impacts and Ecosystem Services Provided by Livestock Farming
This review quantifies the decrease in environmental impacts (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen deposits, land-use demand) in relation to a decrease in livestock production.
More DetailsEconomic, Social and Environmental Spillovers Decrease the Benefits of a Global Dietary Shift
The authors investigated the possible social, economic, and environmental effects of implementing the EAT-Lancet diet by using a global economic model that followed biomass through supply chains.
More DetailsMethane Emissions from Agricultural Ponds are Underestimated in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
This study assessing methane emissions of agricultural ponds in the United States and Australia finds that these ponds emit twice as much methane than is accounted for by national greenhouse gas inventories.
More DetailsLosses, Inefficiencies and Waste in the Global Food System
The greatest rates of food loss (during production) and waste (consumer side) are associated with livestock production and meat, dairy, and egg consumption.
More DetailsQuantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Aquaculture
The researchers analyzed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in global aquaculture, including emissions from the beginning of production to point of sale, but excluding those post-farm.
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