In February, the top nutritional advisory panel in the United States, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, recommended that Americans should eat more plant-based foods and less meat for the sake of their own health and of the environment. A meat-eaters’ diet has twice the carbon footprint of a vegetarian diet. Beef, in particular, emits five times more greenhouse gases and requires 28 times more land and 11 times more water than chicken. Demand for meat … Continue reading Eat less meat for your health and the health of the planet