For such a joyful time of year, there’s an awful lot to be depressed about. Cost of living. A bird flu outbreak that means fewer turkeys this Christmas. Gen Z killing off Christmas pudding (not really, though). We could even be at risk of losing our traditional Christmas dinner, too. According to new research, which examined how our diets may need to evolve in the face of the climate crisis and a burgeoning global population, Christmas dinners of the future could look quite different. To be specific, they could be entirely plant-based.
“Industrial agriculture has left us heavily dependent on a very narrow range of produce,” warns Daljit Bhurji, the CEO of Diffusion, a communications agency focused on transforming the future that commissioned the Seeds of Change report. “[They’ve] been bred to grow well in stable environmental conditions that are becoming increasingly unreliable.”
