Adopting a plant-based diet offers a number of advantages, all of them important to the health of our planet, to the health of our bodies, and to the health of our pocketbooks. 

How does a plant-based diet affect the health of our planet? By conserving wildlife habitat and biodiversity. Animal agriculture requires a disproportionate amount of resources, and becomes more unsustainable as the earth’s population grows. 

In summary, a plant based diet

• preserves native habitat of orchids and all forms of wildlife
• improves the health and well-being of all who practice it
• provides a huge reduction of greenhouse gases
• results in enormous saving of water
• promotes kindness to living species

Two awesome videos explain it all in detail. Take your pick. Even better — watch both:

Michael Pollan – author, journalist, activist “Eat Better to Save the Planet”

Brenda Davis – nutritionist, registered dietician “Eating for Life“