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Vegan food's sustainability claims need to give the full picture

The IPCC special report, Climate Change and Land, released last night, has found a third of the world's greenhouse gas emissions come from the "land": largely farming, food production, land clearing and deforestation.  Sustainable farming is a major focus of the report, as plants and soil can potentially hold huge amounts of carbon. But it's incredibly difficult as a consumer to work out the overall footprint of individual products, because they don't take these considerations into account.  Two vegan brands have published reports on the environmental footprint of their burgers. Impossible Foods claims its burger requires 87% less water and 96% less land, and produces 89% fewer greenhouse-gas emissions than a beef version. Additionally, it would contribute 92% less aquatic pollutants.  Read more.....



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