The microbial food revolution

AE Graham, R Ledesma-Amaro - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Our current food system relies on unsustainable practices, which often fail to provide healthy
diets to a growing population. Therefore, there is an urgent demand for new sustainable …

Achieving net-zero emissions in agriculture: a review

L Rosa, P Gabrielli - Environmental Research Letters, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Agriculture accounts for 12% of global annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (7.1 Gt
CO2 equivalent), primarily through non-CO2 emissions, namely methane (54%), nitrous …

Feeding climate and biodiversity goals with novel plant-based meat and milk alternatives

M Kozicka, P Havlík, H Valin, E Wollenberg… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Plant-based animal product alternatives are increasingly promoted to achieve more
sustainable diets. Here, we use a global economic land use model to assess the food …

Projected environmental benefits of replacing beef with microbial protein

F Humpenöder, BL Bodirsky, I Weindl… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Ruminant meat provides valuable protein to humans, but livestock production has many
negative environmental impacts, especially in terms of deforestation, greenhouse gas …

Food matters: Dietary shifts increase the feasibility of 1.5° C pathways in line with the Paris Agreement

F Humpenöder, A Popp, L Merfort, G Luderer… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
A transition to healthy diets such as the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet could
considerably reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, the specific contributions …

Reducing climate change impacts from the global food system through diet shifts

Y Li, P He, Y Shan, Y Li, Y Hang, S Shao… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
How much and what we eat and where it is produced can create huge differences in GHG
emissions. On the basis of detailed household-expenditure data, we evaluate the unequal …

The infectious disease trap of animal agriculture

MN Hayek - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Infectious diseases originating from animals (zoonotic diseases) have emerged following
deforestation from agriculture. Agriculture can reduce its land use through intensification, ie …

New reflections on food security and land use strategies based on the evolution of Chinese dietary patterns

Y Zhu, Z Wang, X Zhu - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Food is the fundamental guarantee for the sustainable development of human society.
Countries around the world put food security on their high-priority political agenda. As the …

Over 80% of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy supports emissions-intensive animal products

AJ Kortleve, JM Mogollón, H Harwatt, P Behrens - Nature food, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy strongly influences the
European Union's food system via agricultural subsidies. Linking global physical input …

Low-carbon diets can reduce global ecological and health costs

E Lucas, M Guo, G Guillén-Gosálbez - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Potential external cost savings associated with the reduction of animal-sourced foods
remain poorly understood. Here we combine life cycle assessment principles and …