The latest IPCC report finds that while land sequesters almost a third of human-caused carbon dioxide emissions, it will be impossible to limit temperature rise to safe levels without fundamentally changing the way the world produces food and manages land.
How can the world feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050 while also advancing economic development, protecting forests and stabilizing the climate? Technological innovations like plant-based "beef" and low-emissions rice can help.
While the average person drinks 2 to 4 liters of water a day, it requires an astonishing 2,000 to 5,000 liters of water to produce the food that the average person eats each day! Here are five ways companies, farmers and consumers can lessen the food system’s impact on water.
WRI's Better Buying Lab researches ways to get more people to eat plant-based foods. One early finding: Changing the name of one Panera soup from "low-fat vegetarian black bean" to "Cuban black bean" boosted sales by 13 percent.
Only one of the United States' top 25 dishes is plant-based. We think that can change—the power bowl, blended burger and avocado club are on their way.
While 2017 was a banner year for plant-based eating, the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts 2018 will be a year when Americans eat a record amount of meat. There's more to the story: the mix of meats in the U.S. diet has been shifting away from beef and toward chicken for decades.
Americans wasted about 6 million turkeys last Thanksgiving. Researcher Brian Lipinski explains how we can all do better while still enjoying the holiday meals we love.
Linda Bacon, a researcher and former Mars, Inc. strategist, looked at how restaurants can increase sales of vegetarian dishes through better menu placement. Her findings could help shift diets toward more sustainable options.
