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Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouses gases from food production, study finds
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<blockquote data-quote="The Guardian RSS" data-source="post: 7745551" data-attributes="member: 78390"><p><strong>Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouses gases from food production, study finds</strong></p><p></p><p>Written by Oliver Milman from the Guardian</p><p></p><p>Production of meat worldwide emits 28 times as much as growing plants, and most crops are raised to feed animals bound for slaughter</p><p></p><p>The global production of food is responsible for a third of all planet-heating gases emitted by human activity, with the use of animals for meat causing twice the pollution of producing plant-based foods, a major new study has found.</p><p></p><p>The entire system of food production, such as the use of farming machinery, spraying of fertilizer and transportation of products, causes 17.3bn metric tonnes of greenhouse gases a year, according to the research. This enormous release of gases that fuel the climate crisis is more than double the <a href="https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks" target="_blank">entire emissions of the US</a> and represents 35% of all global emissions, researchers said.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/13/meat-greenhouses-gases-food-production-study" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Since you’re here …</strong></p><p></p><p>… we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too.</p><p></p><p>If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure. Support the Guardian – it only takes a minute. Thank you.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/theguardiansquare.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://support.theguardian.com/uk" target="_blank"><img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/SupportGuardian.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Guardian RSS, post: 7745551, member: 78390"] [b]Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouses gases from food production, study finds[/b] Written by Oliver Milman from the Guardian Production of meat worldwide emits 28 times as much as growing plants, and most crops are raised to feed animals bound for slaughter The global production of food is responsible for a third of all planet-heating gases emitted by human activity, with the use of animals for meat causing twice the pollution of producing plant-based foods, a major new study has found. The entire system of food production, such as the use of farming machinery, spraying of fertilizer and transportation of products, causes 17.3bn metric tonnes of greenhouse gases a year, according to the research. This enormous release of gases that fuel the climate crisis is more than double the [URL='https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks']entire emissions of the US[/URL] and represents 35% of all global emissions, researchers said. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/13/meat-greenhouses-gases-food-production-study']Continue reading...[/URL] [b]Since you’re here …[/b] … we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too. If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure. Support the Guardian – it only takes a minute. Thank you. [img]https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/theguardiansquare.png[/img] [url="https://support.theguardian.com/uk"][img]https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/SupportGuardian.png[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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