Andrew Nosal’s Reviews > Cool Food: Erasing Your Carbon Footprint One Bite at a Time > Status Update

"Special interests (by that, we mean legacy food groups from industries looking to hang on to their grip on our diets), political interests (like policies that disallow alternative foods from becoming more widely available), financial interests (buyers seeking the lowest costs at the expense of quality), and geographical distances can all be leaped over by going online and picking and choosing [...] climate-friendly.

"But we learned the average American spends the least amount of food as a percentage of their income than anyone else in the world. We Americans spend an average of 6.4 percent of our household income on food [...]."

I am curious to understand why this is 🤔

"Plant-based meats are as much as 90 percent better for the planet than animal meat. Although, it should be noted, this doesn't mean they are healthier for you. You may be depriving your body of important nutrients such as vitamin B, certain fats, and calcium."

To eat for the planet or yourself. That is the question. 💀

"The research shows that in the US we waste about a third of the food we have at home by overshopping and underconsuming. And at restaurants, we also typically leave anywhere from 30 to 40 percent on the plate when it's taken away."

Cool kids are a part of the "Clean Plate Club." 🍽️

"Shipping food by sea is the most efficient way to transport it, followed by train, truck, and air."

Planes < Trains < and Container Ships.

"Can we eat to make the destruction stop? The simple answer is yes. If tree farmers see better prospects in tapping instead of tearing down forests, more trees can be saved and more trees planted. That helps to mitigate climate change and rising temperatures."

I will never question again whether or not to eat more breakfast and use more syrup. 🧇🥞

If you haven't before, look up "Cashew Apple." Not sure what I expected, but my life is forever changed.

"If just 9 percent more seaweeds were grown in the ocean, all the carbon dioxide emitted by humans could be stored underneath the ocean."

"Seaweeds store as much as twenty times more carbon dioxide per acre than land forests."

I'm never going to get mad at seaweed again, rubbing my ankles as I'm trying to swim.

"Mushrooms produce (technically respire) carbon dioxide, unlike green plants that take in and store it."

First time I'm hearing anti-mushroom information. Will be keeping my eye on this! 🤓

"Every acre of apple orchard can absorb as much as twenty tons of CO2 a year - the same amount of pollution created by burning 2,250 gallons of gas."

I was already planning on planting apple trees in my future yard, so this works out great!