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Supporting the people and ecosystems that sustain us. 🌱

We are working to ensure Europe’s food and water security remains unshakable.

This means:

✔️ ensuring farmers receive fair compensation,
✔️ using open technology to protect our water from pollution, and
✔️ rewarding the restoration of our soils and biodiversity

By valuing our farmers, our bees and our soils, we protect the health of every citizen.

Towards a more resilient, healthy Europe.

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Elon Muksis 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇪🇺4d ago

@EUCommission https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets

If the world adopted a plant-based diet, we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares

We could reduce the amount of land used for grazing and croplands used to grow animal feed.

Our World in Data

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Lizzie

@bhasic @EUCommission
I don't disagree with reducing meat consumption in general, but I feel this is a very simplified view as it ignores the many byproducts of animals. Notably but not exhaustively wool, bones, and hide. The reduction in usage of beef and lamb, while a very worthy goal to pursue, would require changing more than just our dietary habits.

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M 4d ago

@AngelicAura @bhasic @EUCommission correct and worthwhile pursuit. Veganism is an ideology, not a diet. And it has many layers and facets. No one is saying the road is straight, life isn't simplistic, it's nuanced. It's still the way forward and will require many changes, not just dietary ones.