Every year the Earth gets warmer and warmer due to consistent rising of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere.<br />If you want to lower your carbon footprint and adopt a more climate-friendly diet, here are four food-tips to be mindful of.<br />1. Cut back on red meat consumption. Dana Hunnes of UCLA Sustainability says it costs 20 to 80 gallons of water per gram of beef protein.<br />2. Consume less dairy products. The Environmental Protection Agency says dairy cattle contributes 1.3 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.<br />3. Choosing any type of produce over meat is better for the environment. While some produce is more climate-friendly than others, Chloe Waterman of Friends of the Earth says all produce is “low-emission relative to animal products.”<br />4. Unless the food is air-freighted, food miles aren’t a big deal. Food miles, aka the distance food travels between being grown and being consumed, is not a big contributor to emissions.
