The latest support for a tax on meat comes from a modelling study led by Marco Springmann of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, University of Oxford. The results and conclusions of the modelling exercise were recently published in PLOS ONE. This study is important for highlighting the health benefits of taxing meat, […]
The impact of food systems on climate change forms the focus of a recent article in Nature. The study considers the diverse environmental effects of different food systems: for example, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, pressures on croplands, use of freshwater and groundwater resources, and the impact of phosphorous and nitrogen from fertilizers. The discussion is set within […]
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