A healthy diet can massively reduce our environmental impact — agriculture is responsible for 80 per cent of global deforestation and 70 per cent of freshwater use
What some call the agri-food sector — primary agriculture, food and beverage processors, food retailers and wholesalers, and food-service providers — has a problem.
The report found that “agriculture now occupies approximately 40 per cent of the global land area,” and that 52 per cent of that land is degraded. In addition, “deforestation and the draining and burning of peatlands for food and commodity production generate the bulk of carbon emissions,” while centuries of ploughing and soil erosion have added large quantities of CO2 to the atmosphere.
Clearly this state of affairs is unsustainable, especially when we consider that “nearly 80% of total agricultural land is dedicated to feed and livestock production while providing less than 20% of the world’s food calories,” according to the 2022 UN report. They called for “a radical transformation of the global food system,” proposing “a more than doubling in the consumption of healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables, legumes and nuts, and a greater than 50% reduction in global consumption of less healthy foods such as added sugars and red meat,” much like the new Canada Food Guide.
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