Nicholas D Carter
@nicholasdcarter.bsky.social
📖 Food systems & disinfo researcher
🌎 Director of Environmental Science working on Game Changers 2: https://deadline.com/2023/06/uninterrupted-springhill-produce-sequel-to-he-game-changers-documentary-1235397877/
🌱 Co-creator of iffs.earth
🌎 Director of Environmental Science working on Game Changers 2: https://deadline.com/2023/06/uninterrupted-springhill-produce-sequel-to-he-game-changers-documentary-1235397877/
🌱 Co-creator of iffs.earth
This is all changing quickly and I think you're right in a recent uptick again.
The title of this is misleading but signs still of some slowing growth (maybe peak) in certain countries, unfortunately it's not going to more lentils but instead more chicken:
www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11...
The title of this is misleading but signs still of some slowing growth (maybe peak) in certain countries, unfortunately it's not going to more lentils but instead more chicken:
www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11...
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is all changing quickly and I think you're right in a recent uptick again.
The title of this is misleading but signs still of some slowing growth (maybe peak) in certain countries, unfortunately it's not going to more lentils but instead more chicken:
www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11...
The title of this is misleading but signs still of some slowing growth (maybe peak) in certain countries, unfortunately it's not going to more lentils but instead more chicken:
www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11...
I think I see your semantic point around the word "must", and I also think you're misinterpreting the purpose of the survey. The general public is much less aware of this urgency, as difficult of course as it is, relative to other wicked problems needing change based on the science.
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I think I see your semantic point around the word "must", and I also think you're misinterpreting the purpose of the survey. The general public is much less aware of this urgency, as difficult of course as it is, relative to other wicked problems needing change based on the science.
We need a plant-based food system:
In a study asking 200 leading climate & food-system scientists (1/2 IPCC authors), livestock GHGs & herd sizes must peak now & fall ~60% by 2036
85% agreed that major shifts plant-based are essential, esp in rich countries
animal.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
In a study asking 200 leading climate & food-system scientists (1/2 IPCC authors), livestock GHGs & herd sizes must peak now & fall ~60% by 2036
85% agreed that major shifts plant-based are essential, esp in rich countries
animal.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We need a plant-based food system:
In a study asking 200 leading climate & food-system scientists (1/2 IPCC authors), livestock GHGs & herd sizes must peak now & fall ~60% by 2036
85% agreed that major shifts plant-based are essential, esp in rich countries
animal.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
In a study asking 200 leading climate & food-system scientists (1/2 IPCC authors), livestock GHGs & herd sizes must peak now & fall ~60% by 2036
85% agreed that major shifts plant-based are essential, esp in rich countries
animal.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
Definitely the upcoming book I’m most keen to read, top of the list for me after getting to know Jan and Gabriel’s work and skills over the years.
Pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jan-d...
Pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jan-d...
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Definitely the upcoming book I’m most keen to read, top of the list for me after getting to know Jan and Gabriel’s work and skills over the years.
Pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jan-d...
Pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jan-d...
@georgeelliot19.bsky.social we have common ground in the need for a major reduction. Note though, even land not suitable for crops can have major biodiversity value. And the logic you shared doesn't acknowledge major increase in food, on less land, with plants.
I cover this in detail in the report.
I cover this in detail in the report.
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
@georgeelliot19.bsky.social we have common ground in the need for a major reduction. Note though, even land not suitable for crops can have major biodiversity value. And the logic you shared doesn't acknowledge major increase in food, on less land, with plants.
I cover this in detail in the report.
I cover this in detail in the report.
Food systems are the #1 driver of environmental breakdown, public health crises & inequity, based on new EAT-Lancet report by 50+ experts in 35+ countries.
Findings:
❤️🩹 Prevent ~15M deaths/yr by shifting to this mostly plant-based diet
🌍 Food drives 5 of 6 breached planetary boundaries
🧵
Findings:
❤️🩹 Prevent ~15M deaths/yr by shifting to this mostly plant-based diet
🌍 Food drives 5 of 6 breached planetary boundaries
🧵
October 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Food systems are the #1 driver of environmental breakdown, public health crises & inequity, based on new EAT-Lancet report by 50+ experts in 35+ countries.
Findings:
❤️🩹 Prevent ~15M deaths/yr by shifting to this mostly plant-based diet
🌍 Food drives 5 of 6 breached planetary boundaries
🧵
Findings:
❤️🩹 Prevent ~15M deaths/yr by shifting to this mostly plant-based diet
🌍 Food drives 5 of 6 breached planetary boundaries
🧵
JBS, the world’s biggest meat producer, leads deforestation & methane emissions - and now faces for more slavery-like abuses.
So Brazil’s labor minister steps in to protect... JBS, not workers.
The only logic here is to cut demand for animal-sourced foods & enforce strict accountability.
So Brazil’s labor minister steps in to protect... JBS, not workers.
The only logic here is to cut demand for animal-sourced foods & enforce strict accountability.
September 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
JBS, the world’s biggest meat producer, leads deforestation & methane emissions - and now faces for more slavery-like abuses.
So Brazil’s labor minister steps in to protect... JBS, not workers.
The only logic here is to cut demand for animal-sourced foods & enforce strict accountability.
So Brazil’s labor minister steps in to protect... JBS, not workers.
The only logic here is to cut demand for animal-sourced foods & enforce strict accountability.
Agriculture drives more biodiversity loss than any other sector, with ruminant meat causing extinction risks ~340× higher than grains by mass and ~100× higher than legumes both by mass and when adjusted for protein.
September 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Agriculture drives more biodiversity loss than any other sector, with ruminant meat causing extinction risks ~340× higher than grains by mass and ~100× higher than legumes both by mass and when adjusted for protein.
September 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Animal scientists like Frank here are closer to industry vets & reps than climate scientists.
They play the victim pretending they are aligned for working class farmers but are paid by the billionaire corps hurting farmers & externalizing eco & economic impacts that burden us all.
They play the victim pretending they are aligned for working class farmers but are paid by the billionaire corps hurting farmers & externalizing eco & economic impacts that burden us all.
August 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Animal scientists like Frank here are closer to industry vets & reps than climate scientists.
They play the victim pretending they are aligned for working class farmers but are paid by the billionaire corps hurting farmers & externalizing eco & economic impacts that burden us all.
They play the victim pretending they are aligned for working class farmers but are paid by the billionaire corps hurting farmers & externalizing eco & economic impacts that burden us all.
If you're new to this topic, our report on methane and GWP* is a good primer: changingmarkets.org/wp-content/u...
August 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If you're new to this topic, our report on methane and GWP* is a good primer: changingmarkets.org/wp-content/u...
If GWP* lobbying is successful, this could lead to some of the single highest methane emitting companies or countries falsely getting credit for cooling.
There are broader issues too. This sketchy accounting could justify increasing an areas fossil fuel sector.
There are broader issues too. This sketchy accounting could justify increasing an areas fossil fuel sector.
August 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If GWP* lobbying is successful, this could lead to some of the single highest methane emitting companies or countries falsely getting credit for cooling.
There are broader issues too. This sketchy accounting could justify increasing an areas fossil fuel sector.
There are broader issues too. This sketchy accounting could justify increasing an areas fossil fuel sector.
“…increasing numbers is directly linked with increasing CH4 emissions... continued global livestock population growth between 1990 and 2019, including increases of 18% in cattle and buffalo numbers, and 30% in sheep and goat numbers, correspond[s] with CH4 emission trends” (IPCC, AR6 WGIII, p771).
August 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“…increasing numbers is directly linked with increasing CH4 emissions... continued global livestock population growth between 1990 and 2019, including increases of 18% in cattle and buffalo numbers, and 30% in sheep and goat numbers, correspond[s] with CH4 emission trends” (IPCC, AR6 WGIII, p771).
There are coordinated livestock industry efforts to change how methane is measured leading up to COP30 in Brazil (🧵)
Join us next Wednesday, September 3rd to learn more: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us next Wednesday, September 3rd to learn more: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There are coordinated livestock industry efforts to change how methane is measured leading up to COP30 in Brazil (🧵)
Join us next Wednesday, September 3rd to learn more: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us next Wednesday, September 3rd to learn more: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Rich countries’ meat & dairy aren’t feeding the world.
Under 6% goes to nations where most underfed people live & 70%+ stays in rich markets & extracts global resources.
Meanwhile, we know that systemic shifts plant-based could feed 3.5B more people.
New study: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Under 6% goes to nations where most underfed people live & 70%+ stays in rich markets & extracts global resources.
Meanwhile, we know that systemic shifts plant-based could feed 3.5B more people.
New study: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
August 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Rich countries’ meat & dairy aren’t feeding the world.
Under 6% goes to nations where most underfed people live & 70%+ stays in rich markets & extracts global resources.
Meanwhile, we know that systemic shifts plant-based could feed 3.5B more people.
New study: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Under 6% goes to nations where most underfed people live & 70%+ stays in rich markets & extracts global resources.
Meanwhile, we know that systemic shifts plant-based could feed 3.5B more people.
New study: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
New study makes clear that every scenario that kept the food system within safe limits required the largest possible cut in animal-source foods.
Even the most ambitious mix of other measures could not offset high meat and dairy consumption.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Even the most ambitious mix of other measures could not offset high meat and dairy consumption.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New study makes clear that every scenario that kept the food system within safe limits required the largest possible cut in animal-source foods.
Even the most ambitious mix of other measures could not offset high meat and dairy consumption.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Even the most ambitious mix of other measures could not offset high meat and dairy consumption.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Atlantic Canada, where I am now, is abnormally dry & there's wildfires.
So governments are restricting ATVs, bonfires, woods access, etc.) & disinfo/conspiracies are rampant.
It's the right call BUT industry that amplifies this with clearcuts - and land converted for animal ag - gets a free pass.
So governments are restricting ATVs, bonfires, woods access, etc.) & disinfo/conspiracies are rampant.
It's the right call BUT industry that amplifies this with clearcuts - and land converted for animal ag - gets a free pass.
August 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Atlantic Canada, where I am now, is abnormally dry & there's wildfires.
So governments are restricting ATVs, bonfires, woods access, etc.) & disinfo/conspiracies are rampant.
It's the right call BUT industry that amplifies this with clearcuts - and land converted for animal ag - gets a free pass.
So governments are restricting ATVs, bonfires, woods access, etc.) & disinfo/conspiracies are rampant.
It's the right call BUT industry that amplifies this with clearcuts - and land converted for animal ag - gets a free pass.
Plant based products will continue to get better, but I'm not convinced the issue is really the ingredients list.
It's disinformation. And a culture of insecure men clinging to traditions of dominance and power.
It's disinformation. And a culture of insecure men clinging to traditions of dominance and power.
August 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Plant based products will continue to get better, but I'm not convinced the issue is really the ingredients list.
It's disinformation. And a culture of insecure men clinging to traditions of dominance and power.
It's disinformation. And a culture of insecure men clinging to traditions of dominance and power.
I know an old post but it showed up in a thread.
This was our attempt, but it admittedly got overly complicated. Brandolini's law.
See our few paragraphs addressing the errors of the UC Davis/Sacred Cow ones being peddled around in this:
changingmarkets.org/wp-content/u...
This was our attempt, but it admittedly got overly complicated. Brandolini's law.
See our few paragraphs addressing the errors of the UC Davis/Sacred Cow ones being peddled around in this:
changingmarkets.org/wp-content/u...
July 31, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I know an old post but it showed up in a thread.
This was our attempt, but it admittedly got overly complicated. Brandolini's law.
See our few paragraphs addressing the errors of the UC Davis/Sacred Cow ones being peddled around in this:
changingmarkets.org/wp-content/u...
This was our attempt, but it admittedly got overly complicated. Brandolini's law.
See our few paragraphs addressing the errors of the UC Davis/Sacred Cow ones being peddled around in this:
changingmarkets.org/wp-content/u...
Yes, it's clear you didn't even read the screenshots of it I highlighted easily for you.
Here you go again, below.
Do you think volatile contract low-paying chicken or pig farming, or in a slaughterhouse, are dignified jobs worth fighting for when there's better options that also help the planet?
Here you go again, below.
Do you think volatile contract low-paying chicken or pig farming, or in a slaughterhouse, are dignified jobs worth fighting for when there's better options that also help the planet?
July 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Yes, it's clear you didn't even read the screenshots of it I highlighted easily for you.
Here you go again, below.
Do you think volatile contract low-paying chicken or pig farming, or in a slaughterhouse, are dignified jobs worth fighting for when there's better options that also help the planet?
Here you go again, below.
Do you think volatile contract low-paying chicken or pig farming, or in a slaughterhouse, are dignified jobs worth fighting for when there's better options that also help the planet?
Wow many were dead wrong on their projections for how quickly the cost of solar would decline.
The actual progress is off the charts.
Overall consumption is still skyrocketing though, and a minimalist culture is equally needed.
But there's lessons here.
Timestamp: youtu.be/Ztx0Bch3h9s?...
The actual progress is off the charts.
Overall consumption is still skyrocketing though, and a minimalist culture is equally needed.
But there's lessons here.
Timestamp: youtu.be/Ztx0Bch3h9s?...
July 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Wow many were dead wrong on their projections for how quickly the cost of solar would decline.
The actual progress is off the charts.
Overall consumption is still skyrocketing though, and a minimalist culture is equally needed.
But there's lessons here.
Timestamp: youtu.be/Ztx0Bch3h9s?...
The actual progress is off the charts.
Overall consumption is still skyrocketing though, and a minimalist culture is equally needed.
But there's lessons here.
Timestamp: youtu.be/Ztx0Bch3h9s?...
Many people are also employed in fossil fuels. Just transition is key, and as I said, rich countries are the focus.
You should be aware of the opportunities in shifting plant based too, if able to shake the ideology you seem to have: publications.iadb.org/publications...
You should be aware of the opportunities in shifting plant based too, if able to shake the ideology you seem to have: publications.iadb.org/publications...
July 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Many people are also employed in fossil fuels. Just transition is key, and as I said, rich countries are the focus.
You should be aware of the opportunities in shifting plant based too, if able to shake the ideology you seem to have: publications.iadb.org/publications...
You should be aware of the opportunities in shifting plant based too, if able to shake the ideology you seem to have: publications.iadb.org/publications...
The meat industry is following a classic playbook, fuelling cultural divides and spinning deception to delay the shift away from arguably the most environmentally damaging human practice.
Quotes from me in the Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Open-access: archive.ph/jTrUc
Quotes from me in the Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Open-access: archive.ph/jTrUc
July 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The meat industry is following a classic playbook, fuelling cultural divides and spinning deception to delay the shift away from arguably the most environmentally damaging human practice.
Quotes from me in the Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Open-access: archive.ph/jTrUc
Quotes from me in the Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Open-access: archive.ph/jTrUc
During covid, trust seemed to erode fastest when leaders pushed health measures then were spotted breaking their own rules. Apathy & conspiracy filled the gap
It's not about perfection but we need authenticity
New study on need for both individual & system change www.cambridge.org/core/service...
It's not about perfection but we need authenticity
New study on need for both individual & system change www.cambridge.org/core/service...
June 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
During covid, trust seemed to erode fastest when leaders pushed health measures then were spotted breaking their own rules. Apathy & conspiracy filled the gap
It's not about perfection but we need authenticity
New study on need for both individual & system change www.cambridge.org/core/service...
It's not about perfection but we need authenticity
New study on need for both individual & system change www.cambridge.org/core/service...
Here you go :)
June 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Here you go :)