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Plant-Based Meat Alternatives: Martin Heller

Martin Heller explains how small changes in your dietary decisions can have a large impact on your food-related environmental impact.

In this video, Martin Heller speaks with Benjamin about how small changes in your dietary decisions can have a large impact on your food-related environmental impact (GHG emissions, land use, water use, etc). Specifically, we will talk about the environmental footprint of plant-based meat alternatives when compared to eating conventionally grown beef.

Martin Heller is a Research Specialist in the Center for Sustainable Systems in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. Martin’s bio here.

Discussion. How did the video impact the way that you consider your food purchasing decisions? Did they change or remain the same and why?

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