The food we eat is responsible for an astounding one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activities.
U.S. residents should consider how they can shift to what Brent Kim calls “plant-forward” diets. “Plant-forward doesn’t mean vegan. It means reducing animal product intake, and increasing the share of plant foods that are on the plate,” says Kim, program officer at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.
The food produced for an average person’s diet in a developed country results in more greenhouse gas emissions than the food produced for the average diet in a developing country. These food production emissions represent the largest share of food-related emissions, but do not include processing, transportation, retail or waste. Deforestation for food production has led to high emissions in Australia, Brazil, Argentina and several other South American countries.
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