Reimagining meat
The sustainable protein solution
People across Europe want a sustainable, secure and just food system. But studies show that people’s day-to-day food choices are driven by taste, price and convenience.
So at the Good Food Institute Europe, we’re working to make the better, more sustainable choice the default option. We work to make plant-based and cultivated meat delicious, affordable and accessible.
By making meat from plants and cultivating it from cells, we can reduce the environmental impact of our food system and feed more people with fewer resources.
The problems we’re solving
Climate change
Animal agriculture causes20% of global greenhouse gas emissions–equivalent to所有的飞机、卡车、汽车、火车和轮船Earth.
Research by Oxford Universityshows that the world cannot meet its climate targets without shifting away from conventional animal agriculture. But in Europe,meat consumption is increasing.
Moving to plant-based and cultivated meat could reduce climate emissions byup to 92%compared with farming animals – enabling people to eat familiar foods, without accelerating the climate crisis.
Biodiversity loss
Western Europe is one of themost nature-depletedregions in the world.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,37% of global ice-free landis used as pasture for farming animals.
Cultivated meat production could use up to90% less landthan farming animals, and plant-based meat can use up to99% less land. These sustainable proteins can free up space to restore habitats, and to use more nature-friendly methods of farming.
With 37% ofEU marine habitats already endangered, plant-based and cultivated seafood avoid marine pollution and let populations recover from overfishing.
Public health risks
Antibiotics are used widelyin industrial animal agriculture – driving antimicrobial resistance.
More than350,000 Europeansa year fall ill and hundreds die due to food-borne illnesses caused by faecal contamination.
Using animals for food is also akey driver of pandemics, including Covid-19.
Plant-based and cultivated meat are free of antibiotics and faecal contamination, and involve no risk of zoonotic diseases.
Food insecurity
Feeding crops to animals and then eating a part of the animal is exceedingly inefficient, driving up the price of grains and legumes and entrenching global poverty. According to the World Resources Institute, it takesnine calories of feedto produce one calorie of chicken meat.
By 2050, the world will have to feed a population ofnearly 10 billion people, and we can’t do it with a system as inefficient as animal agriculture.
By making meat directly from plants and cultivating it directly from cells, we can focus on growing crops to feed people instead of animals, creating a more efficient and just food system.
Europe’s potential
Europe is the world’sbiggest market for plant-based meat, and the birthplace of cultivated meat.
With ambitious climate targets, five of the world’stop 10 universities, and many of the world’s global economies, Europe should be a global leader in sustainable proteins.
But as countries like theUnited States,China,SingaporeandIsraelbegin to invest, Europe risks falling behind.
GFI Europe is working to ensure the region seizes the opportunity to create local jobs, tackle climate change, and feed a growing population with homegrown sustainable proteins.
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