seasonal sampling Switching to a vegetarian diet is not the solution to global food sustainability , says David Newman , farmer and owner of the ##re . While plants naturally require fewer resources to grow , and produce fewer emissions than animals , most food crops are grown in labor - intensive systems in largely artificial environments . Sustainability can only be found in the ecosystem in which a particular community exists , and many times that community will include animals , Newman argues .
Switching to a vegetarian diet is not the solution to global food sustainability , says David Newman , farmer and owner of the ##re . While plants naturally require fewer resources to grow , and produce fewer emissions than animals , most food crops are grown in labor - intensive systems in largely artificial environments . Sustainability can only be found in the ecosystem in which a particular community exists , and many times that community will include animals , Newman argues .