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The New Zealand diet is particularly bad for the planet due to the vast amount of land required to produce food for it, says environmental campaigner and author George Monbiot. People talk a lot about the damage to our environment by agriculture, but what are the alternatives? In his latest book, Regenesis: How to Feed the World Without Devouring the Planet, Monbiot explores the options. An author, Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner, Monbiot has in fact recently argued that organic, pasture-fed beef and lamb are the world's most damaging farm products. The need, Monbiot argues, is urgent: half of the world's habitable land has already been taken to produce food, and population growth sees us needing to at least double food production by 2050. Monbiot spoke to Kim Hill about why the average New Zealander's diet is particularly bad for the planet. "I've come to see land use as the most important of all environmental metrics," Monbiot says. "Bec