Food for Thought Lecture Series.The Role of Animal- and Plant-based Protein Sources in a Sustainable Diet

Our 3rd Food for Thought Lecture for 2018 will feature a look at consumer food choices with MSc candidate Olivia Auclair (Animal Science)

Nutrition is commonly approached through a perspective that centers solely on human health. However, the threat of anthropogenic climate change calls for a shift in attention to the environmental impacts of consumer food choices. Sustainable diets provide the singular, holistic lens through which the interdependence of environment and human nutrition may be addressed. Animal- and plant-based protein sources play distinguishable roles in the shaping of diets that are both nutritious and sustainable.