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How to eat well – and save the planet
Switching to a healthier diet can reduce an individual’s water footprint by as much as 55%.
- BBC
According to new research, turning vegetarian has the biggest impact, but even cutting down on meat gives a saving of at least 10%.
Shifting to a healthy diet is a “win-win situation”, say researchers.
Citizens will be healthier and their food can be produced using less of one of our most precious natural resources – water.
“The main message is that if you shift to a healthy diet, be it with meat or without (vegetarian or pescetarian), according to your own preference, it’s not…