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Climate Change is Real.
Even a single step can get us far.
WHAT WE EAT
How our diet affects climate change.
Together with the transport and manufacturing industries, food and agriculture also play a key cause of climate change and global warming.
LIVESTOCK
The food system contributes about 30 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, with the largest proportion coming from animal-based food (Cohen, 2017).
WATER SUPPLY
According to the Stockholm International Water Institute, the world could run out of fresh water by 2050 unless people reduce the proportion of animal-based foods to 5% of total calories (John Vidal, 2012).
FOOD PRODUCTION
In one sample year, 2010, the food production system worldwide put more than 5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere (Radford, 2018).
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