A Response to Breakthrough’s Essay on Meat Production
Judith Capper
Breakthough
Every food has an environmental impact, whether it’s cheeseburgers or tofu, coffee or corn. That shouldn’t come as a surprise to any of us and, as a scientist, sustainability consultant and parent, I don’t have a problem with food production being one of the biggest contributors to global environmental impacts. Why? Because food production is one of the few industries that are absolutely essential for human life.