Not ready to be vegan? Here are 5 tweaks to make your diet more Earth-friendly
(WorldNews Environment)

Feeding the world`s 7.6 billion people is taking a serious toll on the planet. Global food production accounts for about a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions, and agricultural systems cover a whopping 43 percent of the world`s desert and ice-free land. “As climate change approaches a point of no return and our land and marine ecosystems become increasingly fragile, the need for a change to our food system becomes more and more urgent,” says Bruce Friedrich, a TED Fellow and cofounder of the Good Food Institute. What’s more, the impacts of food production go beyond climate change and habitat loss. ”Widespread antibiotic use amongst farmed animals is leading to growing antibiotic...