255 grams per week. That’s the short answer to how much meat you can eat without harming the planet. And that only applies to poultry and pork.
Beef cannot be eaten in meaningful quantities without exceeding planetary boundaries, according to an article published by a group of DTU researchers in the journal Nature Food. So says Caroline H. Gebara, postdoc at DTU Sustain and lead author of the study."
Our calculations show that even moderate amounts of red meat in one’s diet are incompatible with what the planet can regenerate of resources based on the environmental factors we looked at in the study. However, there are many other diets—including ones with meat—that are both healthy and sustainable," she says.
How come every vegetarian/vegan food has to explore my entire palette and taste like 600 different things going on at once? I would be more gung-ho about giving up meet if I had ever had a meal labeled as “vegetarian” that I enjoyed. Why can’t we have any simple options like a burger in the meatless world that are actually tasty? And how come after decades of trying all the fake burgers we do have still taste like complete ass? I know it’s unsustainable as things are, but I just hope there’s a point in the future where I don’t have to eat meat AND I get to look forward to something delicious.
Don’t get me wrong, I eat plenty of veggies, but I mentally can’t see them as the “mains” yet.
IDK, but it sounds like you haven’t really tried the full spectrum of offerings from plants. It’s not just beyond meat and celery out there - There’s a whole spectrum of flavors and if you want more, but not the full punch of a plant based meat, maybe try incorporating more variety into your plate
Have you tried carrots? They taste like carrots.
And beans, they taste like beans.