Hello Veggie Lovers! Welcome back to another new blog post.

For this week’s post we will be discussing the environmental advantages of being plant based.

What many people might not know is that shifting diets from meat and other animal products to plant-based diets has a high potential for reducing carbon footprints and lessening climate change, as well as improving health.

Below I will be listing 5 ways a plant based diet can help the planet.

A Vegan Diet Reduces Energy Consumption

Meat requires a lot of processing before it is suitable for human consumption, and meat processing requires a lot of energy.

Plant-based sources of protein, like beans and nuts, require much less processing and are therefore much more energy-efficient than meat.

Making the switch to plant-based saves energy consumption and reduces fossil fuel emissions

Veganism Conserves Water

We can save a significant amount of water by ditching meat products and making the switch to plant-based foods.

In fact, switching to a vegan diet reduces your individual water footprint up to 55%.

Going vegan could prove essential to conserving our global freshwater supply for generations to come.

Stabilizing The Ocean

The global meat industry—including the multi-billion dollar fishing industry—pollutes and destabilizes our oceans.

When we leave land animals and fish off our plate, we take a stand against these industries’ destruction of our oceans—giving underwater ecosystems a chance to stabilize and recover.

Veganism Protects The Rainforest And Lands

Animal agriculture—specifically cattle ranching—is responsible for a vast majority of deforestation in the Amazon rain forest, the world’s largest tropical forest.

Meanwhile, plant-based meat alternatives don’t require nearly as much land to produce plant-based meat uses up to 99% less land than conventional meat.

If the whole world shifted toward plant-based diets, we could save up to 75% of global farmland.

Veganism Combats World Hunger

Though veganism alone cannot end world hunger, wider adoption of plant-based diets would be a big step in the right direction.

Plant-based diets are less damaging to the environment than the diets heavy in meat and other animal products that are common in many western countries.