Why plant-based?
Eating a diet of mostly plants not only avoids the most common allergens for dogs and cats, it is one of the most impactful ways each of us can reduce our environmental footprint — mitigating global warming, saving species from habitat loss, decreasing environmental chemicals and water consumption. If you are reducing or eliminating animal ingredients from your diet, why shouldn’t your whole household be able to contribute?
9/10 proteins confirmed as food allergens in dogs are animal-based proteins like beef, dairy, and chicken — not plant ingredients
Pet food’s devastating toll
on farmed animals and climate
25-30%
of meat consumed in the United States is consumed by our cats and dogs!
34x
reduction in CO2 emissions when you switch from conventional canned food to Virtuous Vittles
Animal agriculture wreaks
environmental and ethical havoc
It accounts for:
14.5%
of total greenhouse gas emissons
40%
of global deforestation & 80% of Amazon deforestation
27%
of humanity’s total water footprint
10B
farm animals killed in the U.S. every year
99%
of meat comes from factory farms
2x
more meat than an average human consumed by a 50lb dog
Read more on Feeding the Future.
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