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That’s not to say that eating local isn’t important.  But given the outsized climate impacts of beef, it does suggest that subtle shifts in food choices can have a bigger climate benefit than major shifts towards a local diet.  In fact, the authors calculate that shifting just 12 percent of the typical consumer’s meat and dairy calories to veggie-based foods has the same climate benefit as going 100 percent local for all food purchases.  (via WorldChanging: Cows aren’t part of a climate-healthy diet, study says)

That’s not to say that eating local isn’t important.  But given the outsized climate impacts of beef, it does suggest that subtle shifts in food choices can have a bigger climate benefit than major shifts towards a local diet.  In fact, the authors calculate that shifting just 12 percent of the typical consumer’s meat and dairy calories to veggie-based foods has the same climate benefit as going 100 percent local for all food purchases.  (via WorldChanging: Cows aren’t part of a climate-healthy diet, study says)