PLANT POWER FOR MEAT-EATERS
Jan 17, 2020
4 minutes
BY LESEGO SEOKWANG
IF YOU’RE a meat-lover, there’s nothing quite like tucking into a juicy steak or breathing in the heady aroma of boerewors sizzling on the braai.
But even the most die-hard meat-eater is finding it harder and harder to ignore the facts: the production of meat is affecting our poor, beleaguered planet.
Research shows livestock is responsible for about 14,5% of greenhouse gas emissions, and 70% of global deforestation takes place in order to grow animal feed.
Little wonder that Veganuary – a movement that encourages eating plant-based foods in the first month of the year – is
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