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Eating Less Beef
Earth and Leaf Editorial – Eating Less Beef At Earth and Leaf we are absolutely passionate about the world population eating less beef. For example McDonalds uses 35000 cattle a day worldwide. We are fighting to educate everyone on this issue, so this article is a joy to read: Enjoy ! A rare treat … followers want to counteract the overconsumption of meat without giving it up. Photograph: Zoonar GmbH/Alamy Extract “I love beef,” says Vlad Luca, 25. But unlike most other self-proclaimed steak lovers, Vlad eats it only four times a year, on designated “beef days”. The “beef days” phenomenon has been popularised by the brothers John…
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Carbon Brief
Earth and Leaf Editorial – Glossary: Carbon Brief’s guide to 25 ‘climate-friendly’ farming methods Carbon Brief tell us that global food systems are responsible for around one third of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions each year. Does that include deforestation, transport of soya? If not then its much higher still. Lets find out. The answer? It does not include deforestation. Glossary: Carbon Brief’s guide to 25 ‘climate-friendly’ farming methods Extract Global food systems are responsible for around one third of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions each year. Agriculture is also, by far, the biggest driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss. Producing less meat, using less synthetic fertiliser, stopping food waste and…
