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Earth911 Podcast: Meat Alternatives With Before the Butcher’s Danny O’Malley

AGreenLiving

Danny O’Malley, founder and CEO of plant-based meat alternative company Before the Butcher joins Earth911’s… The post Earth911 Podcast: Meat Alternatives With Before the Butcher’s Danny O’Malley appeared first on Earth911.

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20 must-read books about food systems

GreenBiz

Feeding the Crisis" provides a historical overview of SNAP’s expansion and traces the lives of eight families who must navigate the changing landscape of welfare policy in the United States. This is an inspiring read that touches on the intersection of food justice, immigration and labor policy.

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'Urgent priority': Can 2021 usher in a sustainable food system transformation?

Business Green

In many major economies, plant-based options and meat-alternatives are growing in popularity, leading to rising sales of veggie food and milk in supermarkets and restaurants. Lab-grown meat, too, is attracting increasing interest, and is expected to start appearing on consumer plates in the coming years.

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'Outsize opportunity': How investors could help slash global food sector emissions and unlock a $1.5tr economic boost

Business Green

The report also urges the financial sector to implement robust policies to ensure zero deforestation risk in investment portfolios, target deforestation-linked emissions in corporate net zero strategies, and encourage investment in regenerative farming activities.

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Climate-friendly diet study suggests three burgers a week guideline

Business Green

kilograms per week, EU citizens currently consume around double the global average amount of meat per week. However, parts of the farming industry maintain that meat should form part of modern diets and that emerging agricultural techniques are helping to curb the climate impact of livestock.

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Could a more standardised approach to eco-labelling drive greener food choices?

Business Green

Plant-based 'meats' tend to have a far smaller impact on both the climate and the environment than animal products, while typically proving more nutritious, according to the findings of a major first-of-its-kind study that assessed tens of thousands of processed food products on sale in the UK and Ireland.

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Could just three policy levers trigger a global cascade of climate action?

Business Green

Yet it is also true that everywhere you look, from national policy right the way down to individual everyday behaviours, there are scores of relatively simple tweaks and changes that, if all totted up together, could amount to a significant and permanent dent in global emissions. There is some recent historical precedent to back this up.

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