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Best of: The world’s food system needs a radical rethink

Zero: The Climate Race

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The Problem With Livestock Production

Livestock farming is the worst thing we've ever done to the planet, he says. It causes a massive amount of climate breakdown and habitat destruction by a very long way. We need to draw down some of the carbon dioxide we've already produced with forests and wetlands that could determine whether or not we get through this century. Every hectare used for extractive industry like cattle ranching is a hectare not being used for wild ecosystems such as forests or wetlands.

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