AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, News
Cutting meat, dairy, fish, and other animal product consumption in half could result in a significant drop in greenhouse gas emissions, says a new study. Replacing 50 percent of animal products in the U.S. diet with plant-based foods could prevent 1.6 billion tons of...
AnimalAgri, ClimateChange
In all probability, the COVID-19 pandemic probably began with a single transmission of the virus from an animal to a human. The tragic consequences highlight the relationship between public, animal and environmental health according to a new approach. There are many...
AnimalAgri, ClimateChange
Efforts to bailout the current system means preserving a climate-destroying supply chain built around industrial meat production. At an event announcing $16 billion in federal relief for food producers on May 19, Donald Trump spoke at a podium flanked by...
AnimalAgri, ClimateChange
Primary tropical rainforests are being lost worldwide at an increased rate – similar in size to a football pitch – to a rate of every six seconds, a new satellite-based study has found. One of the main reasons is because farmers are clearing forest to make...
AnimalAgri, ClimateChange
An online meat calculator called Omni Calculator measures an individual’s meat intake and how much their food choices contribute to the climate crisis. When I came across Omni’s meat footprint calculator, I had just finished a two-week experiment to see if I...
ClimateChange, Coronavirus
With a pandemic on the rampage and the looming threat of climate catastrophe leading to human extinction; we should all be rethinking what we eat. Over the past year the world has witnessed an alarming succession of environmental disasters. Millions of hectares of...