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Today, marks the end of #ZeroWasteWeek, a week initiated by @myzerowaste to promote waste reduction.

We honor this week by exploring one of the lesser-known ways to reduce #FoodWaste and its negative impacts on the environment: Choosing a more #PlantBased diet.πŸ‘‡ 1/7
30-40% of available food in the US gets wasted, according to @USDA.

Since more resources are needed to raise animals than grow plants, wasting meat and dairy has significantly higher environmental impacts than wasting plants, @karenaspwriter reports. 2/7
sentientmedia.org/why-the-amount…
For every 100 calories of grain fed to animals, we get:
πŸ₯› 40 calories of milk
πŸ₯š 22 calories of eggs
πŸ” 12 calories of chicken
πŸ– 10 calories of pork
πŸ„ 3 calories of beef

@NicholasDCarter makes the case for transitioning to #PlantBased farming. 3/7
sentientmedia.org/farming-for-th…
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