I was really surprised to see, especially with how much meat is processed and consumed in the U.S, how much a meat based diet impacted my family's carbon footprint. My family does not buy very many material items or clothing on a yearly basis compared to other families in the U.S. and because our house is powered by solar, as well as putting into use items such as a smart thermostat, I did not think that our carbon emissions would be very high. However, because my family has such a meat based diet, it more than covered the decreased levels in the Home and Clothing emissions. This leads me to realize that with greater efforts in vegetarianism and lowering the consumption of meat could help not only the world but us and our bodies. Furthermore, with more access to farms and a turn towards a more stable and natural diet, there could also be a decrease in food shortage and hunger. Less land would be grazed by cows or used to house our livestock, instead that land could be used for more square footage of soil for growing or developing ecological solutions such as vertical farming.