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    Our food choices have a significant impact on the environment. Organic food reduces greenhouse gas emissions while conventional fertilizers add to it, and animal agriculture accounts for 18% of global emissions which is more than all transportation. Switching one meal per day to animal-free can save over half a ton of carbon dioxide annually. Meat production requires far more resources like land, water, fossil fuels, and biocides compared to soy, and the US wastes up to half of its food supply, so consumers should use the food they buy.

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    Our food choices have a significant impact on the environment. Organic food reduces greenhouse gas emissions while conventional fertilizers add to it, and animal agriculture accounts for 18% of global emissions which is more than all transportation. Switching one meal per day to animal-free can save over half a ton of carbon dioxide annually. Meat production requires far more resources like land, water, fossil fuels, and biocides compared to soy, and the US wastes up to half of its food supply, so consumers should use the food they buy.

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    Food and You Film Series

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    Jessica Madeline Pasko
    Our food choices have a significant impact on the environment. Organic food reduces greenhouse gas emissions while conventional fertilizers add to it, and animal agriculture accounts for 18% of global emissions which is more than all transportation. Switching one meal per day to animal-free can save over half a ton of carbon dioxide annually. Meat production requires far more resources like land, water, fossil fuels, and biocides compared to soy, and the US wastes up to half of its food supply, so consumers should use the food they buy.

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    Our food choices affect the planet:

    1 O  rganically grown food removes greenhouse gases (CO2) from the atmosphere, while conventional fertilizers can add it. 2 The UN estimates that raising animals for meat is 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than all forms of transport put together (13%). 3 Switching one meal per day to animal-free can save 0.67 tons of CO2 per year. 4 Compared to soy, meat production requires 6-17 times more land, 4.4-26 times more water, 6-20 times more fossil fuels, and 6 times more biocides. 5 The US wastes as much as half of its food supply, so use the food you buy.

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