Research: Meatless diets up to 75 per cent less environmentally harmful

Stuart Stone
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University of Oxford study finds plant-based diets far better for climate and the environment – but separate polling suggests almost half of British diners do not want food labelled 'plant-based' or 'vegan'

The environmental impact of a vegan diet is roughly one-third the size of that from diets which include high levels of meat, according to researchers at the University of Oxford. The study, which was...

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