In honor of World Hunger Day 2026… See also: Plants for Hunger Relief and PHRESH The Food Security Advantages of Plant-Based Foods The UN has urged that by 2050, the world will need to produce 50% more food without using any more land, while at the same time reducing agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds. Animal […]
photos courtesy of Jo-Anne McArthur with We Animals at Farm Sanctuary see also The New Sentience book and our One Health webpage Human Impact We are currently living through a geological era that scientists have termed the Anthropocene, an age in which human activity is recognized as the most dominant and destructive influence on Earth’s […]
The ongoing avian influenza (bird flu) outbreak has seen egg prices soar, averaging around $5 per dozen in January 2025, and running as high as $15 per dozen in some places. Since the start of the outbreak in 2022 (2020 in Europe), more than 160 million farmed birds have been killed or “culled” in the […]
Bean-Geeks and Word-Geeks Rejoice: Here’s the Name Nuance While people (including us) often use the words “legumes,” “pulses,” and “beans” interchangeably, technically these terms have different and distinct meanings. Legumes are the broadest category that includes all the plant parts from the Fabiacaea family (also known as the Leguminosae, legume, bean, or pea family). They […]
Peas On Earth: How Pulses Heal Our Bodies & Our Planet This Earth Day 2024, as part of our partnership with the United Nations Beans Is How campaign, Food and Climate Alliance, and Seed Programs International, we’re scaling up our celebration of the incredible power of pulses for both personal and planetary health. Actually, technically, we’re […]
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Today’s food system results in more than two billion undernourished people. Millions die every year due to hunger-related causes, while millions more die due to diseases of affluence. A world that is “well-fed” ensures enough quality food for everyone. Such food maximizes well-being and minimizes harm, thus nourishing people, protecting animals, and sustaining the planet.
Globally, 70 billion land animals die annually because of our meat-centric food system. That’s 130,000+ every minute. As some of the world’s top per capita meat consumers, U.S. consumers are responsible for more than one million farmed animal deaths every hour. Left unchecked, by 2050, the numbers could surpass 100 billion animals suffering horrific conditions and slaughter.
The United Nations reported that animal agriculture is responsible for more greenhouse emissions (GHGs) than all transportation combined. Other environmental specialists concluded it is responsible for more than half of all human-caused GHGs. Regardless of production method, minimizing consumption of animal-sourced foods (meat, dairy, and eggs) is critical to reducing our climate footprint.
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