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Foundation of a healthy diet: Make colorful vegetables, legumes, fruits, and whole grains the key elements of your diet. #HarvardHealth #TipoftheDay bit.ly/4hSTiYG

Overcome obstacles to healthy eating: Try plant-based dishes from other cultures. The seasonings may appeal to you, making vegetables taste delicious. #HarvardHealth #TipoftheDay

Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK @guardian “Successive governments criticised for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to reduce risk in decade since cancer link found” theguardian.com/society/2025/o…

'There has to be a considerable reduction in meat consumption...otherwise, we're just not going to be keeping within our planetary boundaries.' @oxmartinschool and @OxPrimaryCare's Prof Peter Scarborough shares his message for #WorldFoodDay:

Two findings published in 2020 suggest that longevity is associated with either increasing plant protein consumption or replacing animal proteins, especially red meat and eggs, with plant protein: bit.ly/3j4F2iZ #HarvardHealth

Beef and lamb have been removed from the University's menu and the number of #vegetarian and #vegan options increased. The result? A big drop in carbon emissions – without losing any customers. #NoBeef #climateaction bit.ly/2Ln2N5m

If we ended industrial animal agriculture, there'd suddenly be more than enough food for everyone, we'd essentially end animal cruelty, no one would die, and we'd take a huge bite out of the climate and ecological emergency. We could do this basically overnight.

According to the University of Oxford: Going #Vegan is the single biggest thing anyone of us can do to halt #climatechange, reverse deforestation, preserve biodiversity, stop species loss and save the Planet. #climatecrisis #climateemergency #deforestation independent.co.uk/life-style/hea…

800 million trees felled in six years to meet demand for #beef #climateemergency #climatecrisis #deforestation theguardian.com/environment/20…

If you want to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet, less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat.

The latest Red List of endangered species worldwide lists no fewer than 48,646 species which are now facing extinction. This is higher than at any time in human history.

A leaked document has just revealed how the meat industry helped manufacture the backlash against one of the most important food and climate reports ever published.

Businesses face extinction unless they protect nature, major report warns bbc.in/3ZZtimK

Sir David Attenborough Go #Vegan 🌱 #plantbased #climatechange #climateaction

Amsterdam follows other Dutch cities and bans meat and fossil fuel adverts #ClimateAction #Vegan

What is your first thought when you open this fridge?

Where are the trees? We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This landscape should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub… We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking. If we are serious about reversing biodiversity loss then we urgently need to choose a different path.

If you want to reduce emissions, ignore plastic packaging and food miles: almost all food emissions come from production. Reducing meat will do far more than anything else.

Please consider letting a little patch of garden grow wild, as this allows wildflowers to grow. Some wild plants - like dead nettle, nettles and cuckoo flower - are vital food plants for moth and butterfly caterpillars. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wildf… #wildlifegarden

Texas actually did something like this, but better. Starting in the 1960s, thanks to Lady Bird Johnson and the Highway Beautification Act, Texas began planting native wildflowers along highways. Today, TxDOT manages about 800,000 acres of roadside and intentionally delays mowing until early summer after wildflowers have bloomed and dropped seed. Mowing late in the season allows the wildflowers to stay vigorous and not get crowded out by taller grasses or trees and shrubs. Take a drive along Texas highways in the Spring and you will enjoy a beautiful display of Bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrush, Coreopsis, Winecup, Mexican Hat, Indian Blanket, and more! Then thank Ladybird Johnson and TxDOT’s commitment to keeping Texas Highways beautiful.