Elevating Veganuary – how VF can help cut food system emissions

Like vertical farming, veganism can help lower global environmental emissions. Here’s how both can work together.

Since launching in 2014, Veganuary has gone from little more than a conversation over dinner to a worldwide campaign covering 228 countries and territories. The initiative encourages participants to try a vegan diet throughout January, providing recipes, hints and tips, and meal plans to help make the switch.

As well as the potential health benefits of a vegan diet, there are also environmental ones. At present, our food systems are responsible for roughly a third of greenhouse gas emissions, while studies have shown that plant-based diets can lead to 75% less harmful emissions than omnivorous ones. The ties between a plant-based diet and the positive effects it can have on the environment are well documented, and that makes movements like Veganuary and Meatless Monday all the more important.

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