Foodprint

remember hearing you are, what you eat.

Well,

I don't know about that,

but what you eat does have an extreme impact on the planet

and might be contributing to climate change.

Here's how

the first thing that might come to your mind is,

but I need meat for a healthy diet for protein, right?

Well, this chart from the World Resources Institute

shows that

people across the world are eating more protein than they need

and in the US and Canada,

it's nearly doubled

with most of it being animal based protein.

When people think about food

and sustainability,

they typically focus on how the food is produced

locally sourced GMO free

pastor fred,

organic

more important

perhaps is the question of what is eaten.

This slide shows that the average diet

Red meat makes up 56.6% of the greenhouse gas emissions in the footprint

With dairy coming in an 18.3%.

That is virtually 75% of one's food. Print budget on animal products,

but how does that break down Another way

this slide shows pounds of carbon emitted per serving of food.

Notice that beef is double that of cheese, which also comes from cows

and is then processed.

Also, once you take animal products out of the equation,

in the case of

The difference between beef and rice,

the carbon emitted per serving drops by 97%

on this slide, you can see the yearly greenhouse gas emissions in tons

for various diets

based on the level of animal products consumed.

The difference between an average meat level lover and vegetarian

is nearly half,

but why is beef especially bad?

Well, one reason is really fun phrase to say,

but a terrible one to smell

bovine emissions.

This slide compares

the emissions methane emissions of various livestock.

Most of the emissions from cows

comes from enteric fermentation,

which takes place in the cow's stomachs

to help break down all the cellulose that cows eat,

resulting in the belching of methane.

Also,

10% of us methane emissions comes from manure collection ponds.

one solution to help with the problem

is,

but researchers

from Davis found that feeding cattle seaweed reduces their greenhouse emissions

82%.

However, regulating doing this

faces an uphill batter battle as we had yet another

cost and hoop for ranchers and farmers to jump through

growing up in texas. I wish we had known about seaweeds benefits.

We have a saying when you drive past a feedlot and see this

and are overwhelmed by the odor

smells like money.

However, there is a lot of controversy over which are better for the environment.

Free range cattle

or feedlots.

A number of past studies have found that

lower greenhouse gas emissions come from feedlots.

one reason

is that grass fed cows take longer to harvest

and as they grow slower,

they produce more methane over there longer lifespans

butt burps aside,

we really do have a cow problem.

According to the last star bland. A writer from Smithsonian magazine,

A 212 page report

published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Association

says that 26% of the Earth's terrestrial service

is used for livestock grazing.

One third

of the planet's arable land is occupied by livestock feed crop cultivation,

70%.

A brazil's deep worst land

is used as pasture

with feet crop cultivation, occupying much of the remainder.

According to a study tiled cattle ranching

in the Amazon Rainforest conducted in 2021.

Cattle ranching is the main farming system in the amazon basin

Since the beginning of colonization

there in the 1960s,

around 15% of the Amazon forest has been removed through agricultural practices,

15% in the last 60 years

in more recent news, although we do not know exactly when it will happen.

A study was published this week claiming we are nearing the amazon stepping point

in a BBC article,

Donny Dr Bonnie warning of the Grantham Institute of

Climate change and Environment from Imperial College in London said

these latest findings are consistent with the accumulating evidence

that the twin pressures of climate change and human exploitation

of tropical forests are endangering the world's largest rain forest,

which is home

To one out of every tin known species to science.

We have the power to change this

according to the world Resources Institute

and just 12 billion high consumers,

that's people like us

Cut their meat and dairy consumption by just 40%.

We could save an area of land that is two times the size of India.

That's 168 billion tons of future jeep

carbon emissions.

So meatless Mondays for the win,

you don't have to kill a beast for dinner. Like this woman,

there are many alternatives to meat

that lose the meat but keep the taste and pack in the protein.

What possible soon to be option is lab grown meat.

Although they're not on the market in the US,

it is in Japan.

The USDA will soon decide

this year on making it available

even though greenhouse gas emissions are lower than natural meat,

they are still higher than other alternatives that require less energy to produce

another lab grown meat alternative are fungal nuggets.

Corn is a meat substitute called a micro protein.

It is made from single celled fungus that has grown

and fermented in a lab

corn is a yummy substitute for any dish you make with chicken.

Beyond beef is another meat alternative available

in grocery stores and many restaurants in Ukiah

now offer it for their burgers.

Many mediators are switching to this

on their path to eating less meat.

But then there's good old fashioned tofu Tempeh and seitan

Tofu is a product made from soybeans and has high protein and low fat

temps usually comes from soybeans but can be made from any other bean

and mixed with grains like rice, wheat or barley

Santana is made from gluten and has a texture that's very much like me.

I don't want to leave out the basics,

there's so much that can be done with beans and nuts to

replace meat in one's diet and save money while doing it.

And it's more sustainable due to producing to less processing and transport.

You could try replacing milk in your latte with soy, almond hemp or oat milk

and then there's no cheese.

It's easy to make

delicious

and widely available in stores.

So remember,

you don't have to kill a beast

and waste carbon for your next meal,

just like lady gaga stress. There's plenty of other options

go meatless on Mondays.

Thank you.

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