Hello! I'm Gidon Eshel, a geophysicist and professor at Bard College who studies the intersection of food, agriculture, and environmental sustainability. Proof. My research focuses on the environmental impacts of plant-based diets and has been featured in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Science Magazine, and other outlets. Ask me anything!
Agriculture has been reshaping Earth for millennia. Today, our individual diets continue to have a profound environmental impact, and relatively simple voluntary dietary switches can make a huge impact. Unfortunately, there is still a good deal of public confusion about the nutritional and environmental dimensions of food, some from deliberate obfuscation, and some from misapplied research (all topics I explore in my new book).
While science has limitations and rarely settles intellectual disputes definitively, my aim is to help curious, yet scientifically untrained readers navigate the bewildering discussion about our food’s environmental impact.
I’ll be here from 10 am – 12 pm EST today (Thursday, August 21st) to answer your questions about:
- Our diet's impact on Earth’s climate
- Easy-to-apply choices for positive planetary effects
- Is grass-fed beef better for the planet?
- Is meat essential?
- How to shop and eat for maximum environmental and nutritional benefits
- Why meat (and beef in particular) is one of the most powerful environmental levers we have
- What my own diet looks like
- Alternative proteins
- Anything else about food and environmental sustainability
Ask me anything!
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