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Are meat substitutes as green as we think?

The Climate Question

CHAPTER

The Carbon Footprint of Meat Substitutes

Parmoyl and soy, two other ingredients often found in these meat substitutes, also don't have the best track record for deforestation. Farmers use a synthetic version of manure to fertilize their crops which turns into nitrous oxide. All that processing accounts for roughly a fifth of a meat substitute's carbon footprint.

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