Name: The hidden forces behind your food choices
Uploaded: 2024-10-04T14:52:14Z
Duration: 8 min 35 s
Description: 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.

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.

Sarah Lake: The hidden forces behind your food choices

The hidden forces behind your food choices

Grandma Toots' era saw meat go from a rarity to a staple, driven by relentless ads and subsidies; now it's at every meal.

Removing meat subsidies would raise beef prices to $30 a pound, highlighting how policy shapes our unsustainable meat consumption.

Shifting from meat-heavy diets to plant-based alternatives could reduce emissions, combat climate change, and enhance health.