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This story was originally published on April 28, 2021, and has been updated.
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Each week, people in the U.S. eat the equivalent of three burgers' worth of beef.
That's according to Richard Waite, a senior research associate in the food program at the World Resources Institute. But if Americans could reduce that consumption by half, it could have a major impact on creating a more sustainable food system, according to projections from WRI.
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That's because meat production is hard on the environment: It requires a lot of land to raise cattle — and globally, many forests are being cleared to make
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