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The Green New Meal: How to Feed a Nation and Save the Planet

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The Green New Meal is a comprehensive plan to transform the American food system into a sustainable, healthy, and equitable one. It outlines a series of bold policies that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create millions of jobs, and improve the health of all Americans.

The Green New Meal: What You Eat Impacts Us All

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The Problem with Our Current Food System

The American food system is broken. It is a major contributor to climate change, environmental degradation, and health problems. The way we produce, process, and consume food is also deeply unjust, with low-income communities and communities of color disproportionately bearing the burden of pollution and diet-related diseases.

The Green New Meal provides a roadmap for a better future. It outlines a series of policies that would:

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Create millions of jobs in sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and other green industries.
Improve the health of all Americans by making healthy, affordable food available to everyone.
Promote racial and economic justice by investing in communities that have been historically marginalized.

The Benefits of a Green New Meal

The Green New Meal would have a wide range of benefits for the American people and the planet. It would:

Help us avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The Green New Meal would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. This would help us avoid the worst impacts of climate change, such as sea level rise, extreme weather events, and food shortages.
Create millions of jobs. The Green New Meal would create millions of jobs in sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and other green industries. These jobs would be good for the environment and the economy.
Improve the health of all Americans. The Green New Meal would make healthy, affordable food available to everyone. This would help reduce diet-related diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
Promote racial and economic justice. The Green New Meal would invest in communities that have been historically marginalized. This would help close the racial and economic gaps that exist in our society.

How to Make the Green New Meal a Reality

The Green New Meal is a bold plan, but it is also an achievable one. We can make it a reality by working together to:

Educate ourselves about the problems with our current food system. The first step to making change is to understand the problems we face.
Support organizations that are working to build a more sustainable food system. There are many organizations working to make the Green New Meal a reality. We can support them by donating our time, money, or voice.
Vote for candidates who support the Green New Meal. We need to elect candidates who are committed to fighting climate change, creating jobs, and improving the health of all Americans.

The Green New Meal is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a better food system for our country and our planet. Let's work together to make it a reality.

To learn more about the Green New Meal, visit https://greennewmeal.org/.