Thinking of the Environment this morning

It appears my thinking has been all wrong

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If you're wanting to reduce your energy use, water footprint, and greenhouse gas emissions, these researchers say that eating a vegetable-based diet may not be the best route to take.

What is best for the body may not be what’s best for the planet. According to a new study published by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, eating a vegetarian or vegetable-centric diet can actually increase one’s environmental impact in terms of energy use, water footprint, and greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, the researchers state that lettuce is “three times worse than bacon” when it comes to emissions.

So off down the town for an environmentally friendly breakfast of eggs, beans, bacon and anything else that's not green

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Katherine Martinko (@feistyredhair)
Living / Green Food
December 18, 2015