Check the environmental impact of what you eat and drink.
Avoiding meat and dairy products is one of the biggest ways to reduce your environmental impact, according to recent scientific studies.
All figures for each food in the calculator are global averages. If you cannot view the food calculator,Food production is responsible for a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to global warming, according to aHowever, the researchers found that the environmental impact of different foods varies hugely.
The findings echo recommendations on how individuals can lessen climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . Cutting meat and dairy products from your diet could reduce an individual's carbon footprint from food by two-thirds, according to the Oxford study, published in the journal Science.
"It reduces the amount of land required to produce your food by about 75% - that's a huge reduction, particularly if you scale that up globally," Poore explained. For example, beef cattle raised on deforested land is responsible for 12 times more greenhouse gas emissions than cows reared on natural pastures.
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