Meat substitutes set to create 'perverse' environmental consequences

Increasing the amount of meat substitutes eaten in processed products is likely to have ‘perverse’ environmental consequences, according to a top professor.

Abi Kay
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Meat substitutes set to create 'perverse' environmental consequences

Increasing the amount of meat substitutes eaten in processed products is likely to have perverse environmental consequences, according to a top professor. Professor Sir Charles Godfray, who is director...

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