Food
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Jonathan Safran Foer: why we must cut out meat and dairy before dinner to save the planetAnimal products create more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector, but we don’t want to confront this inconvenient truth: our eating habits are a problem -
Should meat be banned to save the planet?A barrister has called for new laws against practices that harm the environment – including eating meat. But some experts say criminalising carnivores could do more harm than good -
US moves to scrap speed limits on pig slaughter linesNew rules will allow production lines at pork plants to run faster, despite concerns over safety and quality -
Leading burger supplier sourced from Amazon farmer using deforested landBrazilian meat company which has supplied McDonald’s and Burger King bought cattle from farm using deforested land earlier this year, investigation shows
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Salmon farming in the Beagle Channel enters troubled watersVictory for community concerned about the industry’s environmental costs strengthens calls for shakeup of rules along Chilean coast
Observer book of the week We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer review – a life-changing book