The hidden forces behind your food choices | Sarah Lake

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🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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What we eat is less about what we choose and more about what’s offered to us, says food and climate expert Sarah Lake. Unpacking how governments and companies have driven up meat consumption in the US through extensive marketing, she explains how we could employ these same forces to incentivize plant-based eating — for the sake of the planet, public health and global food security.

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