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