People are becoming more interested in sustainable diets. Her broader interest in sustainable diets developed some years ago. At the time people thought it was more sustainable to eat locally-grown meat than tofu from imported soy beans because of food miles. Growing meat for food has much greater environmental cost than growing plants for food. Prof Skeaff believes a sustainable diet aligns with the food and nutrition guidelines as it promotes less meat, processed and packaged food and more vegetables and locally-sourced food.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 17, 2017 16:36 UTC