ClimateChange - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

When climate change hits the meat industry, animals suffer

The US agricultural industry is being tormented by climate change induced winter storms that have left hundreds of thousands of animals dead. Over the last few weeks, severe winter storms have pelted the U.S. agriculture industry with problems. From Nebraska to...

The US food pyramid is out-dated, unscientific and bad for the environment

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, HealthyLiving

The US food pyramid is promoted as the correct and healthy way to portion food, but it is unhealthy for people and for the planet. Now that Tom Vilsack is back at the helm at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for his second stint as secretary, receiving Senate...

Europeans understand the climate crisis and are switching to a plant-based diet

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange

People overwhelmingly claim that they’re reducing their meat consumption for health, environmental, and animal welfare reasons and the trend is strong in Europe. More than 20{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} of food launches in...

Emissions from food systems contribute much more to greenhouse gas emissions that thought

ClimateChange

The food system has an enormous impact on the environment. The UN has called on countries to transform how food is produced, processed, and distributed to mitigate climate change and habitat loss. Until now, the general scientific consensus was that global food...

One third of Brits believe the government should promote veganism

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, GoodNews

New survey done by The Vegan Society shows that Brits want the government to promote veganism for health and environmental reasons. Around 30 percent of Scots want the government to promote the environmental and health benefits of a vegan diet. The data comes from a...

Is it too late to save the Amazon?

Blogs, ClimateChange, Environment

The Amazon forest has for years been regarded as the “lungs” of the planet because it pumps vast amounts of oxygen into the atmosphere while absorbing greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere. According to newly published studies done on the extent of the...