Animals kept for food production purposes are a large source of CO2 emission that contribute to climate change, especially due to the large scale distribution and packaging that is involved. I have been trying to reduce my consumption of animal based products to help reduce my carbon footprint as well as trying to source more food products locally. This also has the added benefit of helping reduce the demand for factory farming and will hopefully help lead to change in the farming industry in regards to animal welfare and help smaller family run farms. 

We only have one Earth, one shot to get it right, and right now we are heading down the wrong path. We are polluting the Earth at an unsustainable rate and if we continue with this trend we are likely to destroy entire ecosystems. In light of the recent Earth Day, I wanted to talk about this because I kept seeing a concerning dialogue on social media.