Rice or millet? Planet-friendly grocery shopping choices go beyond cutting meat


By AGENCY

An assortment of vegan, organic, locally sourced and wild caught food products sit in a shopping cart at a grocery store in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

It’s one of the most impactful climate decisions we make, and we make it multiple times a day.

The U.N. estimates about a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, the main driver of climate change, come from food. That pollution can come from several links in the food supply chain: how farmland is treated, how crops are grown, how food is processed and how it’s ultimately transported.

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