Every year, the Earth gets warmer and warmer due to the consistent rising of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere.
If you want to lower your carbon footprint and adopt a more climate-friendly diet, here are four food tips to be mindful of.
1. Cut back on red meat consumption: Dana Hunnes of UCLA Sustainability says it costs 20 to 80 gallons of water per gram of beef protein.
2. Consume less dairy products: The Environmental Protection Agency says dairy cattle contributes 1.3 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
3. Choosing any type of produce over meat is better for the environment: While some produce is more climate-friendly than others, Chloe Waterman of Friends of the Earth says all produce is “low-emission relative to animal products.”
4. Unless the food is air-freighted, food miles aren’t a big deal: Food miles, aka the distance food travels between being grown and being consumed, is not a big contributor to emissions.