What is a plant-based diet?
A plant-based diet consists mostly of fruit, veggies, legumes, beans, grains and nuts, with little or no meat, dairy, or fish
A plant-based diet requires the consumption of at least 2kg of leafy greens per day
A plant-based diet requires at least six different vegetables to be eaten every day
A plant-based diet is the same as being vegan – no animal products at all
What is the primary reason people are choosing to shift to a plant-based diet?
A cleaner, greener environment
Health is the key driver
Schools no longer allow students to bring meat
A super popular hippy movement, encouraging people to grow and glow
What is the most emissions-intensive part of getting food from farm to table?
Growing the food. This requires land clearing, fertilisers, and in the case of livestock, emissions through burps and farts
Transporting the food via trucks, cars, ships and trains
When we eat it! Our burps and farts wreak havoc
Food disposal as it rots away at the rubbish tip