Food and Drink

Environment

Our choice to consume meat proteins as opposed to vegetable proteins comes at a huge environmental premium. If we removed the average beef component of one person's meat diet we would save water equivalent to the total consumption of 6.5 average households. It's mind-blowing, really.

The type of meat we eat – primarily sourced from cows and sheep - also has huge impacts for Australian land. These non-native, hard-hoofed, grazing animals cause significant damage to fragile Australian soils and require extensive land clearing for feeding, causing further damage to the land.

Wellbeing

By reducing the amount of meat in your diet you reduce the chance of developing many common diseases and health conditions, including heart disease, hypertension, many cancers, obesity, stroke, osteoporosis, kidney stones, diabetes, hypoglycemia, kidney disease, peptic ulcers, gallstones, asthma, diverticulosis, constipation, and macular degeneration (deterioration of the retina). In addition, plants contain no cholesterol and are high in fibre.