Evolution Quote by Vaclav Smil

Meat consumption is a part of our evolutionary heritage; meat production has been a major component of modern food systems. Carnivory should remain, within…

— Vaclav Smil

While arguments rage about plant- versus meat-based diets, new technologies will soon make them irrelevant. Before long, most of our food will come neither…

— George Monbiot

Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.

— Sylvia Earle

Meat supplies a variety of nutrients - among them iron, zinc, and Vitamin B12 - that are not readily found in plants. We can…

— Michael Specter

There is no doubt that human evolution has been linked to meat in many fundamental ways. Our digestive tract is not one of obligatory…

— Vaclav Smil

Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most…

— Julia Child

“We can eat meat, it tastes good, but it’s very costly considering the land we have to use to produce the plants needed to…

— Sven-Erik Jacobsen

I eat meat, but no meat that isn't pastured is acceptable, and we probably need to eat a whole lot less.

— Alice Waters

We need to respect the fact that cows are herbivores, and that does not mean feeding them corn and chicken manure.

— Joel Salatin

Meat is complicated. We have to be thoughtful about the ecosystem that we're living in and not to destroy it because of the instant…

— Dominique Crenn

“The world does produce enough to feed its inhabitants – in fact we waste vast quantities of grain and soybeans by feeding them to animals,…

— Peter Singer

“It magnifies your carbon footprint. If you cut back your animal food intake, you can make a big impact on planet Earth. Each year…

— Sharon Palmer