Can plant-based protein replace meat? 🥓
replacing just 20 percent of global beef and lamb consumption with meat alternatives could pollution of more than 80 percent.
Conventional meat production is known to destroy CO2-absorbing tropical forests to replace them with grazing pastures and cattle feed crops while belching livestock produces significant amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas 30 times more potent than CO2. This spells disaster for an already struggling environment.
"About 1.2 million sq km less agricultural land is required for the same protein supply," said senior author Alexander Popp, also from PIK.Better yet, microbe-based faux meat is rich in protein and amino acids making it an ideal substitute for regular meat.
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