Facts and figures about what we eat
14.5%
of global climate changing gases are due to meat and dairy production (more than all forms of transport)
50%
of habitable land around the world is used to produce food
45,000
early deaths could be prevented in the UK every year if we ate low meat diets
£42.43
is the average weekly food spend per person in the UK
Over 10 m
tonnes of food is wasted in the UK annually
8 bn
animals are killed for meat every year in the UK
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