Could going vegan help feed the world and save the planet? While industry and energy production are often singled out as the main drivers of climate change, the global meat production industry is a bigger polluter. Veganism advocate Gary Francione and nutritionist Dr Ron Weiss join Nuala McGovern to discuss the pros and cons of veganism. While it might make sense from an ethical and climate change perspective, it is a massive cultural leap for many. We ask whether veganism could really be useful in places where food might not be readily available. And answer concerns over whether a non-meat diet can provide adequate nutrition.

This post was originally published on The Documentary Podcast.

Print Share Comment Cite Upload Translate Updates

APA

BBC World Service | radiofree.asia (2024-05-03T21:17:22+00:00) » Forward Thinking: Veganism. Retrieved from https://radiofree.asia/2024/04/17/forward-thinking-veganism/.

MLA

" » Forward Thinking: Veganism." BBC World Service | radiofree.asia - Wednesday April 17, 2024, https://radiofree.asia/2024/04/17/forward-thinking-veganism/

HARVARD

BBC World Service | radiofree.asia Wednesday April 17, 2024 » Forward Thinking: Veganism., viewed 2024-05-03T21:17:22+00:00,<https://radiofree.asia/2024/04/17/forward-thinking-veganism/>

VANCOUVER

BBC World Service | radiofree.asia - » Forward Thinking: Veganism. [Internet]. [Accessed 2024-05-03T21:17:22+00:00]. Available from: https://radiofree.asia/2024/04/17/forward-thinking-veganism/

CHICAGO

" » Forward Thinking: Veganism." BBC World Service | radiofree.asia - Accessed 2024-05-03T21:17:22+00:00. https://radiofree.asia/2024/04/17/forward-thinking-veganism/

IEEE

" » Forward Thinking: Veganism." BBC World Service | radiofree.asia [Online]. Available: https://radiofree.asia/2024/04/17/forward-thinking-veganism/. [Accessed: 2024-05-03T21:17:22+00:00]

rf:citation

» Forward Thinking: Veganism | BBC World Service | radiofree.asia | https://radiofree.asia/2024/04/17/forward-thinking-veganism/ | 2024-05-03T21:17:22+00:00

To access this feature and upload your own media, you must Login or create an account.

Visual Text

Use this space to make a translated version of this post.

Add an image

Choose a Language Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Basque Bengali Bulgarian Catalan Cambodian Chinese (Mandarin) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Fiji Finnish French Georgian German Greek Gujarati Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Korean Latin Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Mongolian Nepali Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Quechua Romanian Russian Samoan Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swahili Swedish Tamil Tatar Telugu Thai Tibetan Tonga Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa