British Broadcaster David Attenborough has made his thoughts on animal agriculture very clear in his latest instalment of ‘Planet Earth’
Speaking about its impact he said: “Year after year, we clear over two million hectares of the amazon rainforest – that’s the size of Wales. We use nearly all of it to make more space for cattle and to grow soya to feed livestock. Today, habitat destruction is the biggest problem we’ve created for wildlife around the world.
“If we shift away from eating meat and dairy and move towards a plant-based diet, then the sun’s energy goes directly into growing our food,” the TV legend explained.
“And because that’s so much more efficient, we could still produce enough food to feed us, but using a quarter of the land. This could free up the land the size of the US, China, the European Union and Australia combined. Space that could then be given back to nature.”
