The Sustainability of Canned and Frozen Foods

This chapter explores the unexpected benefits of canned and frozen foods, which can retain more vitamins than some fresh options. It also highlights the role of these alternatives in reducing food waste and their impact on climate change.

Transcript

chevron_right

Play full episode

chevron_right

Transcript

Episode notes

Our planet is overheating. Human society is creating too much carbon dioxide, stopping the sun’s warmth from escaping back into space. As earth gets hotter, its ice caps are melting, causing sea levels to rise, and submerging entire communities. Floods, droughts, and wildfires are already becoming much more common.

Some effects of climate change are now irreversible, but there is still hope, and adjusting what we eat might play a bigger part than you’d imagine.

In this episode, Jonathan speaks with a pioneer in science who will help you understand how your eating habits affect the planet, so you can make informed decisions about the foods you eat and how you prepare them.

Sarah Bridle is a professor of food climate and society at the University of York in the United Kingdom. She is on the vanguard of a new field, and her research carefully measures the exact effects of the foods we eat on climate change.

Download our FREE guide — Top 10 Tips to Live Healthier: https://zoe.com/freeguide

Timecodes:

00:00 - Intro

00:10 - Topic introduction

01:34 - Quickfire questions

03:14 - Why does climate change matter?

05:40 - Why does food matter for reducing climate change?

07:44 - Understanding how different foods affect the climate

11:32 - Do I have to go vegan to help stop climate change?

13:14 - Are all meats equal in terms of their climate impact?

16:20 - How do by-products of animals impact climate?

17:22 - Carbon footprint of milk alternatives