I have heard in these forums much discussion over if a vegetarian diet should be followed. For what I’ve seen, many vegetables have a lower carbon emission than meats. However, vegetables are also very costly - as well as some economies being dependent on cattle-rearing. For these reasons, I believe a balance is necessary. I propose a calculator capable of using the average family income and how much money the family is willing to use on foods to calculate exactly what percentage of their diet could be replaced with more environmentally friendly vegetables as well as which vegetables produce the least amount of carbon in their process to the market.

I believe this to be important as few people seem to be aware of the carbon emissions produced by food companies, and as such it is important to make it clearer. This can be done with the aforementioned calculator as well as labeling foods by carbon emission as well as price to raise awareness.

I agree that balance is key when trying to find ways to lower carbon emission from our food. We cannot simply eliminate meat from everyone's diets because this would cause many people to lose their source of income. I think the main problem is that not many people are aware of the impact their food choices have on their carbon emissions. I like what you've suggested about labeling foods and adjusting food prices according to carbon emissions because I think this will help people to understand how certain food choices are related to greater carbon emissions, and the labels would make it easier for people to understand how to lower their carbon emissions from food.