6. Plant-based - Planet friendly or unnatural?

JUN 8, 202378 MIN
Meat: the four futures

6. Plant-based - Planet friendly or unnatural?

JUN 8, 202378 MIN

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<p>Should we remove animals from agriculture and our diets altogether? What if all the land that produces animal feed now could instead produce human food--or be rewilded? Would this be a planet friendly future--or impoverished and unnatural? <br/><br/>In this fourth and final scenario: the plant-based no meat future, we explore the motivations, the evidence and the arguments for adopting a diet that centers and celebrates plants. We visit a vegan restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden; a vegan food tech company in Lagos, Nigeria; and an animal free farm outside of Reading in the United Kingdom. <br/><br/>But is dietary change at a societal scale unrealistic? Is this the most sustainable, ethical and efficient approach to eating and producing food? We explore all this and more.<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>Visit the episode page with more resources: <a href='https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode6'>https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode6</a><br/><br/>Project webpage: <a href='https://tabledebates.org/meat'>https://tabledebates.org/meat</a><br/><br/>Take the values-based quiz: <a href='https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz'>https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz</a><br/><br/>Subscribe to the newsletter: <a href='https://tabledebates.org/meat/newsletter'>https://tabledebates.org/meat/newsletter</a><br/><br/>Add your voice to the podcast: <a href='https://tabledebates.org/meat/contribute'>https://tabledebates.org/meat/contribute</a><br/><br/>Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic sound.</p>