Peach and Blossom, the 2024 National Thanksgiving Turkeys, prior to receiving a presidential pardon on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on Nov. 25.Photographer: Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg
By Zahra Hirji and Olivia Rudgard – November 28, 2024
Meat-centric diets are significantly contributing to global emissions. Yet new data show that some techniques to promote more sustainable eating are working.
As Americans dig into Thanksgiving dinner, the centerpiece on many tables will be roast turkey.
Yet the custom of focusing a celebratory meal on a decadent meat dish isn’t unique to a bird-based American holiday — it’s commonplace across the feasts for Christmas, Easter, the end of Ramadan for Eid al-Fitr, Passover and Lunar New Year…