date:Apr 28, 2014
of meat and dairy is considerably higher than that from plant-based products, the report added.
If all people within the EU would halve their meat and dairy consumption, this would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by 25 to 40 percent, and nitrogen emissions by 40 percent, lead author Henk Westhoek, program manager for Agriculture and Food at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, said in a statement.
On average in Europe, a person eats 83 grams of protein a day and 6