Plant-based food alternatives could support a shift to global sustainability (IMAGE)

University of Vermont

Plant-based food alternatives could support a shift to global sustainability

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Replacing 50% of meat and milk products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 can reduce agriculture and land use related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 31% and halt the degradation of forest and natural land, according to new research in Nature Communications.

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