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Good Food Buffalo Policy Brief
This policy brief describes the potential benefits of adopting the provisions of the Good Food Purchasing Program in Buffalo Public Schools..
More DetailsEffect of Climate Change Impact Menu Labels on Fast Food Ordering Choices Among US Adults
Using an online survey, 5,049 American adults, representative of the US population, were shown a fast food menu with either no climate impact labeling (control), green low-climate impact labels (positive framing), or red high-climate impact labels (negative framing) on items.
More DetailsSubstituting Beans for Beef as a Contribution Toward US Climate Change Targets
This study finds that simply substituting beans for beef in the United States (US) could result in reaching 46% to 74% of the necessary reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to meet the nation’s 2020 target.
More DetailsInside Big Beef’s Climate Messaging Machine: Confuse, Defend and Downplay
This article is an expose on the beef industry’s public relations messaging machine that includes an influencer training program, as well as a monitoring command center, that seeks to influence public opinion and policy and minimize beef’s role in the climate crisis.
More DetailsDaily Cost of Consumer Food Wasted, Inedible, and Consumed in the United States, 2001–2016
Using 15 years of data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, meat and seafood products accounted for 38% of food waste and had the greatest economic value of consumer food waste of all food groups.
More DetailsWho has a Beef with Reducing Red and Processed Meat Consumption? A Media Framing Analysis
150 news articles from four countries (USA, UK, Australia, and New Zealand) were analyzed after the release of four high profile reports calling for RPM (red and processed meat) reduction from a health and sustainability perspective.
More DetailsProactive Conservation to Prevent Habitat Losses to Agricultural Expansion
GHG emissions resulting from animal food products constituted 57% of total global food system GHG emissions, nearly double the 29% attributed to plant-based food products.
More DetailsGreenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Use Associated with Production of Individual Self-Selected US Diets
The 20% of U.S. food consumers whose diets emitted the most CO2 account for eight times more of the total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of the U.S. population compared to the 20% of U.S. consumers whose diets emit the least CO2.
More DetailsNationwide Shift to Grass-Fed Beef Requires Larger Cattle Population
In order to sustain the current demand for cattle, a 67% increase in cattle on grass-finishing lots and more pasture land would be needed to support a switch to purely grass-fed beef.
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