Climate Friendly foods

Abstract

Throughout my SUNY Purchase college journey, I have taken multiple intriguing classes that have helped shape me into having a more thoughtful perspective on what food I put into my body. One of the classes which helped provide me with that thoughtful perspective was the course: "Energy and Society". Throughout this class, I was enlightened on which foods harm the environment the most, as well as why climate change is an extremely important and urgent issue today. Ever since taking this class, I was much more well aware of what I was doing to help the environment as well as what I shouldn't do for the environment. The issue of climate change made me realize that everyone must play their part in doing all that they can to live an eco-friendly lifestyle, whether that be eating habits or living habits. Although everyone has their own individual eating habits, the process of producing meat/beef is an extremely significant contributor to the world's pollution output. The amount of emissions must be lowered crucially to help combat climate change. Therefore, the question is asked : "Which climate-friendly foods can be consumed instead of processed foods?". Plant based foods which are rich in hearty vegetables such as broccoli and spinach could be some alternatives to a heavy-meat lifestyle. After taking "Energy & Society" my perspective on climate change had changed drastically thus urging me to look more into the topic. It is plain to see that the question can be asked when it comes to the issue on climate change within the modern-day : "Which climate-friendly foods can be consumed instead of processed foods?".