How your diet might be harming the planet
1 2019-12-15T15:28:19-08:00 Food and Society Workshop 0826c60623ca5f5c8c1eb72fc2e97084d0c44cf8 35018 1 A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says eating more plants and less meat would have a big impact on fighting climate change. One food security expert says vegan diets are a key part of the solution, while the Canadian Cattlemen's Association is disappointed their industry was not consulted. CBC news, 8 August 2019 plain 2019-12-15T15:28:19-08:00 YouTube CBC News 2019-08-09T00:53:56.000Z 2KiLRjTxebA Food and Society Workshop 0826c60623ca5f5c8c1eb72fc2e97084d0c44cf8This page is referenced by:
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This video is part of a news show in Canada that interviews professionals in regards to the topic of how our diet is negatively affecting the environment.
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This news interview highlights a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change saying that eating more plants and less meat would have a big impact on fighting climate change. In the first half that I will be highlighting in this story is an interview with Canadian Food Security Expert, Navin Remin Kuti that says the vegan diet is the key part of the solution. The second interview is with the Executive Vice President of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association accusing the research as false and is disappointed that he wasn't consulted during the report.
"People have estimated that eating beef is 10-20 times more inefficient than eating the grain directly. It's not about the amount of food we eat but the type of food we eat that matters." - Navin Remin Kuti (Food Security Expert)
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Recent reports done by the Intergovernmental Panel of Canada on Climate Change prove that the damage to our environment is due to greenhouse gas emissions caused by our methods to sustain our unsustainable diet.
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What would happen if the world only ate plant-based food starting today?
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Calorie breakdown: where the world's amount of calories come from and a solution to a more efficient way to live sustainably.
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Transitioning to a plant based diet would largely decrease the methods that elevate climate change.What would changing to a plant based diet mean for climate change? If we used less calories as compared to a meat based diet, we would have the potential to open up more land and less waste and greenhouse gases.
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The specific problems with cattle farming
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The benefits regarding health from the standard diet to a more plant rich diet.
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Dennis Laycroft from the Canadian Cattlemen's Association stating his view on the report regarding what he believes are 'false accusations'.