[Blog] Will vegans save the planet?

As the climate crisis intensifies, we’re all wondering what we can do to heal the planet. Large-scale industrial meat farming is a major contributor to the greenhouse gas emissions that fuel climate change, so naturally an en masse switch to veganism would solve the problem. Or would it? Benjamin Selwyn is a professor of international development at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England. An expert in food systems, Selwyn cautions that veganism may not be the cure-all we’re looking for.