In recent decades, rising incomes have catalyzed a major shift in people’s eating habits, with meat, in particular, becoming an increasingly important feature of people’s diets. Given that livestock require much more food, land, water, and energy to raise and transport than plants, increased demand for meat depletes natural resources, places pressure on food-production systems, damages ecosystems, and fuels climate change.
近几十年来，收入增加促成人类饮食习惯的重大变化，特别是肉类正在成为人类饮食越来越重要的特色。与植物相比，饲养及运输牲畜往往要消耗更多粮食、土地、水和能源，因此对肉类需求增加消耗自然资源、对粮食生产体系造成压力、损害生态系统并导致气候变化加剧。