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We've seen the future of meat, and it's plants

Season 1 Episode 7 | 4m 48s

Move over, Tofurky. Plant-based meats are booming, and companies like Seattle-based Field Roast are redefining an entire food group. But it's more than a matter of just taste or ethics: Animal-derived proteins carry a larger carbon footprint than their veggie substitutes, so your hamburger choice has real consequences for the environment.

Aired: 09/26/18
Made possible with funding from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Extras
Learn about Operation Sustain, a video game that teaches kids about climate change.
Join Katie as she visits a state-of-the-art oyster nursery and learns how to slurp oysters
What if you could turn almost any surface into a solar panel?
If you could teleport inside a polluted box to save lives, would you?
How can we reduce agricultural waste? Replace fish meal with mealworms.
Scientists at Intellectual Ventures Laboratory are batting mosquitoes with... laser beams.
A suburb just outside of Seattle hides a nuclear reactor.
A grassroots effort to develop lighter, more affordable, personal rapid transit.
A startup company in Seattle is converting food waste into electricity and fertilizer.
A scientist at Oregon State University is developing edible food packaging and coatings.
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Learn about Operation Sustain, a video game that teaches kids about climate change.
Join Katie as she visits a state-of-the-art oyster nursery and learns how to slurp oysters
What if you could turn almost any surface into a solar panel?
If you could teleport inside a polluted box to save lives, would you?
How can we reduce agricultural waste? Replace fish meal with mealworms.
Scientists at Intellectual Ventures Laboratory are batting mosquitoes with... laser beams.
A suburb just outside of Seattle hides a nuclear reactor.
A grassroots effort to develop lighter, more affordable, personal rapid transit.
A startup company in Seattle is converting food waste into electricity and fertilizer.
A scientist at Oregon State University is developing edible food packaging and coatings.