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| Food impact on the health of humans, and animals if well documented. We
are told that low fat foods are good, and that processed foods should be
avoided . . . . . that steamed fish is good, and fried fish is
bad. But what about the health of good old mother earth, do you every stop to wonder that the big chunk of cod you are eating, although good for you might have an adverse effect on the ocean where it was plucked from? Choosing green food is not easy there are so many types of food, it comes from different countries, and is manufactured or processed in a mind boggling number of ways. |
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Example Meal
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As a Meat Eater you may enjoy
a plate of steak and chips, lets think about the ingredients: Steak could be: a - Locally sourced from a cow that lived within 20 miles of where you are eating it, the animal enjoyed good welfare, and may even have been organically reared, or b - Sourced from Brazil where rainforest has been cleared (75% due to cattle grazing) to provide grazing land, the animal has not enjoyed good welfare, and may have had antibiotics and or hormones to speed its growth. |
and the chips where did they come from?
a - Locally sourced, organically grown, hand cut, cooked in a UK derived cooking oil, or
b - Potatoes grown in Israel where agricultural water use causes diplomatic tension between neighbouring countries, potatoes are transported via road haulage to eastern Europe for processing, before onward travel to the UK. Chips are stored in a freezer for around a month before distribution, they are stored again in a freezer at the retail outlet, cooking oil may have been sourced from any number of countries with associated haulage.
Example Ingredient
Just because you are vegetarian doesn't mean that your diet doesn't have an impact on the environment being a vegan will mean that you food impact is almost certainly lower. But vegetarians tend to substitute meat for dairy products and eggs.
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Soya beans .
. . major constituent of tofu and TVP (Textured Vegetable
Protein). But where do these been come from? What impact do they
have on the areas where they are grown. (Numbers courtesy of
Wikipedia) Soybean Production in Millions of tones per annum.  United
States 80.5  Brazil
59.9 Argentina
46.2 |
So . . . Brazil is the second largest soya bean producer in the world. . . but isn't that where the Amazon rainforest is? Soya Bean Growers in Brazil are contributing to the demise of the rainforest, they set up on land used for grazing, and so new grazing land is acquired my clearing rainforest.
So being vegetarian or an omnivore is not the only consideration.
Any Questions?
So the aim of this site is to make people think what they can do to lower the impact of the food they eat, even if you change just one thing it will help out.