plant based for environment

BBC has a compelling article today on veganism for the environment. It quotes an Oxford study.

If everybody cut meat and dairy from their diet there could be…

49 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from food production.

76 per cent reduction in land used for food production.

A 49 per cent reduction in eutrophication, where nutrients from fertilisers run into lakes and rivers, damaging ecosystems and reducing biodiversity.

A 19 per cent reduction in fresh water withdrawals weighted by local water scarcity.