Plant Fuelled

Last Night, I Sat Next to a Farmer and Questioned Everything We Know About Food🌱

Last night, I had the honour of speaking on a panel about how nutrition impacts food systems—alongside an organic vegetable farmer. 🌱👨‍🌾

Before you ask why I'm shoe and sockless, it's because this the venue has cultural norms that have to be adhered to! 👟

Here’s a stat that should stop you in your tracks:
We currently produce enough food to feed 10 billion people, yet 800 million humans are undernourished. Why? Because we funnel vast amounts of our crops—77% of global agricultural land—into feeding livestock (92 billion land animals, 1 trillion marine animals) instead of people. We’re not short on food; we’re short on logic. 🤯🌍

Our food system is a house of cards:

We overproduce and waste food at insane levels. 🗑️

We rely on livestock that consumes more resources than it provides. 🐄💦

We subsidise foods that harm public health while making nutritious options expensive and inaccessible. 💰🥦


And if that wasn’t bad enough, when people do want to eat better, they’re met with:

❌ Reels telling you carbs are the enemy
❌ Podcasts hosted by guys who got lean once and now think they’re scientists
❌ “Doctors” with blue ticks and zero citations, scaring you into their next supplement sale
❌ People preaching “carnivore cures everything” 📱🥩
❌ MDs fear-mongering with cherry-picked studies to sell you their latest book 📖💸

And yet, last night, people wanted to learn. They asked about nutrients, sustainability, and how their bodies would adapt to dietary changes. Someone even asked, “If I ate 90% plant-based but kept some meat, would it still be beneficial?” 🤔🌾

Now, as much as I am vegan, I’m also not here to argue against actual science. A diet rich in whole plant foods, whether fully plant-based or predominantly plant-based, is undeniably better for both human and planetary health. It’s not just about ethics—it’s about efficiency, longevity, and sustainability. 📊💚

So, where’s the real problem? Education.

We were never taught how to eat for long-term health. We were never taught the consequences of our food choices on the planet. And now, people feel overwhelmed, misled, and completely unequipped to make sustainable changes. 📚🚫

People don’t want to be unhealthy. People don’t want to contribute to a failing food system. People don't want to live on a dying planet, But how can we expect them to change when we’ve set them up to fail? 🤷‍♂️💭

The solution isn’t just in changing diets—it’s in changing education. Because once people understand the bigger picture, they’re more than willing to be part of the solution. 🌎✨

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Plant Fuelled

🌱I couldn’t tell who was smashing lentils or clinging to bacon, but everyone had one thing in common: curiosity. 🌱

Last night, I was in a post-film Q&A about plant-based nutrition and the vegan lifestyle. Now, I couldn’t tell you who in that room was mainlining oat lattes or who still thinks a sausage is its own food group. But one thing united us: curiosity. 🥹

That, and the ability to lob questions at me faster than you can say ‘but where do you get your protein?’💪

We covered everything. Iodine, zinc, iron, copper, protein, B12—because let’s be honest, people love to act like vegans are a sneeze away from nutritional collapse. 🙃

We dived into genetics, long-term health outcomes, and the small-but-critical difference between “processed” and “ultra-processed” foods. 🍔

Then came the heavy hitters: Can a whole-foods, plant-based diet really reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer? How do we cut through all the food misinformation out there? Do I personally agree with everything these documentaries say? Short answer: not 100%.

Long answer: documentaries rarely cover the nuances. Ethics, health, personal context—it’s all more complicated than a catchy headline or dramatic music score.🎵

But the best part of the night? No one came swinging with their opinions. No dietary tribalism, no ‘but my uncle drank three pints a night and lived to 90’ arguments just genuine curiosity. It’s exciting to see a real shift happening, especially among younger generations. People care now—about their health, their ethics, and how their choices affect the world around them.🍺

So, here’s the deal: curiosity doesn’t mean you need to dump your entire lifestyle overnight and start milking almonds in your kitchen. It means asking questions. Thinking about what’s on your plate and why. Maybe you make a small change. Maybe you don’t. But being curious is where it all starts.🤙

The world doesn’t change overnight, but curiosity is the first step—and that, my friends, is worth getting excited about.🌱

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