Anima International, one of @AnimalCharityEv Standout Charities, works to improve the lives of farmed animals in Europe, with branch @opencages_ua working in Ukraine.
We honor this week by exploring one of the lesser-known ways to reduce #FoodWaste and its negative impacts on the environment: Choosing a more #PlantBased diet.👇 1/7
30-40% of available food in the US gets wasted, according to @USDA.
Since more resources are needed to raise animals than grow plants, wasting meat and dairy has significantly higher environmental impacts than wasting plants, @karenaspwriter reports. 2/7 sentientmedia.org/why-the-amount…
For every 100 calories of grain fed to animals, we get:
🥛 40 calories of milk
🥚 22 calories of eggs
🐔 12 calories of chicken
🐖 10 calories of pork
🐄 3 calories of beef
A new @DeSmogBlog investigation found that #meat producers worldwide use the same tactics to downplay the climate impact of meat.
Here are 8 examples of the main narratives the industry promotes—and the arguments of experts objecting to its claims.👇 1/18 desmog.com/2021/07/18/inv…
Claim: ‘Grazing supports biodiversity’
Several meat companies, including Dutch meat producer @VION, suggest that the adoption of certain grazing practices can help “reduce the degradation of natural habitats and halt the loss of biodiversity.” 2/18 view.publitas.com/cfreport/vion-…
Criticism: According to @CenterForBioDiv, the ecological costs of grazing “exceed that of any other western land use.”
A @UAlberta 2020 study warned that scaling up livestock grazing threatens the biodiversity of herbivores and pollinators worldwide. 3/18 desmog.com/agribusiness-d…