Eating a vegan diet massively reduces the damage to the environment caused by food production, the most comprehensive analysis to date has concluded. The research showed that vegan diets resulted in 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution and land use than diets in which more than 100g of meat a day was eaten. Vegan diets also cut the destruction of wildlife by 66% and water use by 54%, the study found. But previous studies have used model diets and average values for the impact of each food type. They said other ways of reducing the environmental impact of the food system, such as new technology and cutting food waste, would not be enough.

Source: The Guardian July 21, 2023 05:16 UTC