Irish leaders need to start being honest about livestock’s long shadow and our unsustainable diets
Meat and dairy provides only 13% of calories globally but are responsible for nearly 85% of greenhouse gas emissions linked with food production.
Isn’t it time then to start talking about sustainable food systems and to get our public health agencies to actively promote sustainable diets?
Iain Dunn addition below:
This statement is at the heart of our mission to educate through Earth and Leaf. We will intensely examine the science and data. This will be published here. We must work here to protect rural communities through just transition. This is a huge opportunity to revitalise our countryside and hugely improve our environment in one of the worlds most nature depleted nations.
This is a fantastic article by Sadhbh O’Neill
