• jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    can add enough food to feed 350 million additional people

    Good thing birth rates are declining and we’ll all be dead from climate change related disasters and shortages before we need to worry about supporting another 350 million people.

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      For what it’s worth, moving towards a plant-based diet also helps with climate change too

      Transitioning to plant-based diets (PBDs) has the potential to reduce diet-related land use by 76%, diet-related greenhouse gas emissions by 49%, eutrophication by 49%, and green and blue water use by 21% and 14%, respectively, whilst garnering substantial health co-benefits

      https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/8/1614/html