Will New Diet Guidelines Reflect Environmental Cost and Water Depletion Factor of Meat?
"We need to make sure our diets are in alignment with our natural resources and the need to reduce climate change." – Kari Hamerschlag, Friends of the Earth A study by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said that "compared with other popular animal proteins, beef produces more heat-trapping gases per calorie, puts out more water-polluting nitrogen, takes more water for irrigation and uses more land."
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