Swapping in a bit of microbial 'meat' has big eco-gains
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What Is the Future of Agriculture?
As the population gets bigger and people get wealthier, meat consumption is forecasted to increase. Florian was able to calculate the environmental costs if some of this projected meat consumption was gradually replaced by people eating microbial protein. He looked at a few senarios to see what would happen if 20 % of meat were substituted, or if 50%. As meat consumption decreases, there's less need to cut down forest to make new pastures. The study also acquired some deforestation and emissions from homangis change.
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