When choosing which foods to eat, consider their environmental effects.
World Watch Magazine
Is Meat Sustainable?, July/August 2004 Cover Story, by the editors
"the mass production and consumption of animal flesh has become a huge challenge to the stability of climate, forest cover, fresh water, and human health.
E / The Environmental Magazine
The Case Against Meat,
January-February 2002 cover story, by Jim Motavalli
"Evidence Shows that Our Meat-Based Diet is Bad for the Environment, Aggravates Global Hunger, Brutalizes Animals and Compromises Our Health"
Conservation Matters,
Journal of the Conservation Law Foundation
Eating for the Environment,
by Warren Leon, Summer 2000
"cutting down on meat might help the Earth more than recycling."
EarthSave Magazine
How Our Food Choices can Help Save the Environment,
by Steve Boyan, Summer 2002
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Worldwatch's State of the World
June 2004: Watching What We Eat
"Among the many daily decisions we make, the one that has possibly the greatest impact on the environment is the food we choose to eat."
The Planet Magazine, Huxley College of the Environment, Western Washington University
Sustainable Diet, by Helen Hollister, Spring 2002
"While the reasons for adopting a vegetarian diet vary, one of the most compelling involves meat consumptions' negative environmental impacts."
Enough!, The Center for a New American Dream
The Hidden Costs of Beef Consumption, by Dave Tilford, Issue 7
"... all those cows weigh heavily on the planet. The environmental problems associated with beef production are many and varied ..."