How Your Diet Affects the Planet | Nicholas Carter

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In Episode #136, we hear from environmental researcher Nicholas Carter on how the food choices we make affect the world around us.

In this episode, you’ll learn what greenhouse gases are, why the amount of land we use for agriculture is important, what feed-conversion rates are, how important ‘buying local’ is for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and much more.

For more from Nicholas Carter, see Episodes #104, #111, #116, #175, and #230.

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Enjoy, friends.

Simon

Additional resources:

  • Connect with Nicholas Carter on Instagram and Twitter.
  • Read Hannah Ritchie’s article on buying local.
  • See Joseph Poore’s 2018 paper published in Science.

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