Healing the planet with our food choices with Dr Hannah Ritchie

In Episode 120 I sit down with Dr Hannah Ritchie, Geoscientist and senior researcher at Our World in Data, to dive deeper into our food system and the changes we need to make in the coming decades to meet climate goals.

Specifically we cover:

Her journey into the world of geoscience and environmental research

What Our World in Data is

Why it's important to zoom out and look at data over a long period of time

Insights into COVID-19 data

Why it's important we consider agriculture when looking at planetary health

The parts of planetary health that we needs to consider when looking at agriculture and our personal food systems (such as greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, biodiversity)

Major drivers of deforestation

Plant foods versus animal foods and planetary health

Soy and deforestation

Palm oil and deforestation

and much more

Resources:

A few of Hannah's articles to read
1- You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local
2 - Cutting down forests: what are the drivers of deforestation?
3 - Less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat, to reduce your carbon footprint
4 - If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares

Follow Hannah on Twitter

My Book:
My new book The Proof is in the Plants is out May 4th. Preorder your copy here.

Want to support the show?
If you are enjoying the Plant Proof podcast a great way to support the show is by leaving a review on the Apple podcast app. It only takes a few minutes and helps more people find the episodes.

Simon Hill, Nutritionist, Sports Physiotherapist
Creator of Plantproof.com and host of the Plant Proof Podcast
Author of The Proof is in the Plants
Connect with me on Instagram and Twitter
Download my two week meal plan
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 120 I sit down with Dr Hannah Ritchie, Geoscientist and senior researcher at Our World in Data, to dive deeper into our food system and the changes we need to make in the coming decades to meet climate goals.

Specifically we cover:

Her journey into the world of geoscience and environmental research
What Our World in Data is
Why it's important to zoom out and look at data over a long period of time
Insights into COVID-19 data
Why it's important we consider agriculture when looking at planetary health
The parts of planetary health that we needs to consider when looking at agriculture and our personal food systems (such as greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, biodiversity)
Major drivers of deforestation
Plant foods versus animal foods and planetary health
Soy and deforestation
Palm oil and deforestation
and much more

Resources:

A few of Hannah's articles to read

1- You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local

2 - Cutting down forests: what are the drivers of deforestation?

3 - Less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat, to reduce your carbon footprint

4 - If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares

Follow Hannah on Twitter

My Book:

My new book The Proof is in the Plants is out May 4th. Preorder your copy here.

Want to support the show?

If you are enjoying the Plant Proof podcast a great way to support the show is by leaving a review on the Apple podcast app. It only takes a few minutes and helps more people find the episodes.

Simon Hill, Nutritionist, Sports Physiotherapist

Creator of Plantproof.com and host of the Plant Proof Podcast

Author of The Proof is in the Plants

Connect with me on Instagram and Twitter

Download my two week meal plan

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices