"Replace meat, dairy with plant-based food alternatives" says Patti Breitman of Fairfax

"Replace meat, dairy with plant-based food alternatives" says Patti Breitman of Fairfax in a letter to the editor in today's SF Chronicle.

She was responding to "Point Reyes plan seeks to aid ranchers, limit elk" from page one, August 9) about extending ranching in Point Reyes.

OPINION // LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letters to the Editor: Switch to plant-based foods

San Francisco Chronicle Aug. 18, 2019

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In this Nov. 20, 2018, file photo Romaine Lettuce still sits on the shelves as a shopper walks through the produce area of an Albertsons market in Simi Valley, Calif. Avoid fast food, eat vegetables and exercise. It sounds like generic health advice, but they're tips supposedly tailored to my DNA profile.

Photo: Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press

Regarding “Point Reyes plan seeks to aid ranchers, limit elk” (Page One, Aug. 9): Extending ranching in Point Reyes for 20 years is shortsighted and wrong! A recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an international group of scientists pulled together by the United Nations, recommended that we all cut back on meat and dairy in order to slow climate catastrophe. It is time for every one of us to take personal responsibility for severe global food and water shortages that are already starting and predicted to increase as the climate continues to be disrupted. Replacing meat and dairy with plant-based alternatives uses far less water and contributes far fewer greenhouse emissions. Point Reyes is going in the wrong direction if they allow more ranching on this federal land. We can counter this nonsense with our own plant-based food choices.

Patti Breitman, Fairfax