The Plantbased Business Hour
On The Plantbased Business Hour, Elysabeth Alfano sits down for an intimate, long-form chat with the industry throught leaders who are...
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Supporting Research
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Industrial Agriculture 101, Natural Resources Defense Council
Water Use in Global Livestock Production - Opportunities and Constraints for Increasing Water Productivity, Advancing Earth and Space Science, "Forty-two percent of the world's freshwater (CWU) is used for animal agriculture."
Future of Food: How the Agriculture Industry Could Go From Farming To Ferming, The New York Times
Why Meat Companies Are Investing in Plant-based Innovation, ESG Clarity, by Elysabeth Alfano
Solutions to mitigate Climate Change, Project Drawdown
The Untapped Climate Opportunity in Alternative Proteins, Boston Consulting Group
Article on why reducing cow emissions with seaweed won't fix disproportionate land and water use and deforestation, U.C. Davis
Preventing the Next Pandemic, United Nation
Key Facts and Findings on Animal Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Food and Agriculture, Organization of the United Nations
Plant-based Foods Market to Hit $162 Billion in Next Decade, Bloomberg Intelligence
Food for Thought: The Protein Transformation, Boston Consulting Group
Creating a Sustainable Food Future, World Resources Institute, Discusses animal calorie conversion rates
Forget The Space Race. We're in a Race for Food and Water, ESG Investor, Co-authored by Elysabeth Alfano.
Cows and Other Livestock Emissions, Verify This and Politco and UNEP
Life Cycle Analysis Study of Beyond Meat, University of Michigan
Impact of our Food Supply System on Land and Climate Change, Our World In Data
Land Use for Calories, Our World In Data
Why Governments Around the World Are Investing in Plant-based Innovation. Chartered Alternative Investment Association, Co-Authored by Elysabeth Alfano.
The Plantbased Business Hour : Industry Expert Elysabeth Alfano sits down for in-depth conversations with thought leaders and CEOs in the sector.
Emissions from Animal Agriculture--16.5% Is the New Minimum Figure. The 16.5% is inferred from two reports, one from the UN (8.1 Gt of carbon equivalents for animal agriculture is from the UN GLEAM 2.0 Model report), divided by the total carbon equivalent emissions from the IPCC (49 Gt of carbon equivalent emissions from the IPCC AR5 report).
Red Meat, TMAO and Your Heart, Harvard
Plant-based Sales From Meat Sales, Plant-based Foods Association
Who Is Eating Plant-based Options?, Nature.com
Meat Supply Per Person From 1061 to 2020, Our World in Data, "As of 2019, Americans Eat approximately 280 pounds of meat a year."
US Factory Farming Estimates, Sentience Institute, "99% of US farmed animals are living in factory farms: 70.4% of cows, 98.3% of pigs, 99.8% of turkeys, 98.2% of chickens raised for eggs, and 99.9% of chickens raised for meat."
S-Curve Adoption: Our House View on Alternative Protein Market Growth, Synthesis Capital
Climate Benefits of Changing Diet, Climatic Change
Overview of Greenhouse Gases, US EPA
Food Security, IPCC
Sixth Assessment Report, IPCC
Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options, FAO, "30 percent of the earth's entire land surface is already being used for livestock."
Reducing Food's Environmental Impacts Through Producers and Consumers, FAO, "83% of global farmlands are already used for animal agriculture (I.e. grazing animals and growing crops for them to eat), but these lands only return 18% of our calories."
Animal-based Foods are More Resource-Intensive than Plant-based Foods, World Resources Institute, "Chicken results in 1 calorie of food for every 9 calories of feed. For cows, an estimate is 25 calories of feed for every 1 calorie of food."
A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Plant-based Foods and Meat Foods, Quantis International
Oatly Research, The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology, "Concluded that Oatly exhibited a lower environmental impact compared to conventional semi-skimmed milk."
Food Insecurity Key Statistics & Graphs, USDA ERS, "Food insecurity increased by over 25% in the U.S. 2022 vs 2021
Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Animal-Based Foods are Twice Those of Plant-based Foods, Nature Food, "Meat eaters are responsible for 75% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions."
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