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How does the food we eat affect animals and the planet

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Food production accounts for one-quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and takes up half of the planet's habitable surface. A taste for meat has had a particular impact on land. The mass of animals raised for slaughter on Earth now outweighs wildlife by a factor of 15-to-1.
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Step-by-step explanation:

For example : You eat meat. But, an animal is slaughtered for that. Billions of people are relying on animal meat for their meals, and that make slaughtering a lot more essential for food supplying.

And because meat is so essential, it takes more lands for animals to be raised. Trees are cut down, water and soil is not used because there's no crops, etc.


Meat consumption is also the cause of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, etc. And they are a huge problem to the government. Climate change, global warming, etc.


If we balance the food we consume everyday, even just a bit, the world could change, by a lot (example : less greenhouse gases / toxins, more landfills for crops planting and less animal slaughtering)

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