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Climate-friendly diet study suggests three burgers a week guideline

Business Green

Food manufacturers including Greggs, KFC and Subway have brought to market vegan and vegetarian products as demand has grown for meat alternatives, but the guidelines proposed by Greenpeace would suggest an order of magnitude expansion in flexitarian and plant-based diets.

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Carbon-negative snack company AKUA offers kelp jerky and pasta

AGreenLiving

That made me think, ‘Wow, what if we could create a line of meat alternative products from one of the most sustainable sources of food on the planet?’ For one, Harvard University has documented that kelp plays a significant role in reducing global warming.

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The resurgence of product CO2 labelling

Business Green

Late last year, Quorn, the world's biggest meat alternative brand, started putting 'farm to shop' carbon footprint data on packs of its top selling 30 products. Amid growing corporate interest, Hugh Jones of the Carbon Trust considers the history and future for product carbon footprinting. But it is an increasingly likely prospect.

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Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model

DeSmogBlog

DeSmog conducted a five-month investigation into the meat industry’s PR and lobbying, reviewing hundreds of documents and statements by companies and trade associations. Meat producers’ fears about the rise of alternatives is understandable.