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Why this action matters
Backed by researchReplacing resource-intensive animal-based foods with plant-based alternatives can significantly increase food availability by utilizing cropland more efficiently, as plant-based diets can produce up to 20-fold more nutritionally similar food per unit of cropland compared to beef and eggs. This shift not only addresses food insecurity but also reduces environmental costs associated with current food systems, contributing to a more sustainable and equitable food transition.
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What this action would change
Backed by researchThe action itself
Provides retraining, income support, and economic development assistance to workers in livestock farming and meat processing facing displacement as the food system transitions to plant-based diets.
What it would change in the UK
This action supports the transition to plant-based diets by addressing the social and economic impacts on workers in the livestock sector, which could reduce food waste and improve food security by enabling the reallocation of cropland to more efficient food production, potentially feeding an additional 350 million people.
What it would change worldwide
The UK's support for displaced workers in the livestock sector sets a precedent for other countries, demonstrating that a just transition to plant-based diets can be managed without compromising food security, while also reducing the environmental costs of animal-based food systems, which are responsible for disproportionately high resource use and emissions.
Where national politics stands
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The research behind it
Published research about food and farming as a whole, not this action in particular
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