We’re always looking for more ways to lessen our impact on the planet, including through our food choices. This informative article * features a handful of practical suggestions for reducing the environmental impact of your diet.
“Most of us know by now which foods are optimal for our health, including plentiful vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, nuts, and seeds. It turns out that a similar plant-focused diet is also best for the planet.
Across the globe, the foods produced, resources required, and amounts wasted have major impacts on the environment. When we shop for food, cook at home, eat at restaurants, grab takeout, and open the garbage can, we should consider how to lessen the environmental impact of our diet.
Yes, we humans have to eat. But agriculture is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, pollution, soil degradation, biodiversity loss, and freshwater depletion and contamination. Food production is responsible for up to 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and 70 percent of freshwater use. Animal-based foods account for about half of food system emissions.”
* Source: Boston Globe ~ 7 recommendations for reducing the environmental impact of your diet
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