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You’ve swapped single-use plastic bags for reusable totes; you’ve taken steps to reduce your waste, both food waste and other types. But there’s one more place you need to look if you’re working to build environmentally-friendly habits: the food on your plate.
Even if you’re trying to make smart, sustainable choices, the foods you’re eating could have a more significant impact than you realize. The food production system—and agriculture in general—is the leading cause of global environmental change. Food production alone is responsible for about 30 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, and it uses 70 percent of all available freshwater. The process of getting many foods into grocery stores and onto your plate can fuel climate change, deforestation and damage to marine ecosystems.