Chooseday 1st August - Choose to Eat More Greens!

Good Morning,

This Chooseday, we're serving up a challenge that's good for your health and great for our planet - choosing to eat less meat! It's not about saying goodbye to your favorite steak overnight; it's about embracing a journey of finding joy in plant-based foods and experiencing the multiple benefits they bring to your health and our shared environment.

Let's take a bite out of the key health benefits first.

1. Heart Health: A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, staples of a vegetarian diet, can help lower cholesterol, blood pressure, and heart disease risk.

2. Nutrient-rich: Vegetarian diets are high in fiber, vitamins, and minerals essential for your overall wellbeing.

3. Weight Management: Plant-based foods are generally lower in calories and fat, and higher in satiating fiber, helping to maintain a healthy weight.

Now, onto the environmental benefits.

1. Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Livestock farming accounts for about 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. By cutting down on meat, we can significantly decrease our carbon footprints.

2. Conserving Water: It takes an enormous amount of water to produce meat, far more than for plants. By choosing more plant-based options, we can help conserve this precious resource.

3. Protecting Wildlife: Overgrazing and deforestation for livestock are leading causes of habitat loss. By reducing meat consumption, we can help preserve our planet's biodiversity.

Speaking of animals, we wanted to shine a light on an important charity called Gunyah Animal Healing Sanctuary.

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Gunyah Animal Healing Sanctuary provides a loving safe haven to animals who have suffered abuse, neglect, exploitation, abandonment, illness and those with special needs. There are too many animals discarded or 'put to sleep' because they need time to heal - whether it be because they are ill, have suffered abuse or neglect, or because they have other special needs. Shelters and rescue groups cannot always cater for them and allow them the time and care that they need. The Sanctuary's mission is to provide all the animals it has offered refuge with the highest quality care and holistic, integrated treatments; whilst allowing them all the time and security that they need to heal and flourish.The Sanctuary is currently home to pigs, cows, sheep, alpacas, goats, horses, ponies, dogs and cats. Gunyah is currently going through a much needed expansion from 10 acres in the Yarra Valley to 130 beautiful lush acres at the foothills of the Strathbogie Ranges. Gunyah relies entirely on public support and all donations are greatly appreciated.

So this Chooseday, we invite you to 'choose to do' something different - whether it's trying a new vegetarian recipe, ordering the veggie option at lunch, or exploring meat alternatives at the grocery store or supporting animal welfare charities. Remember, it's not all or nothing; even small changes can have a big impact.

Thank you for being a part of the GoodCompany community and for choosing to do good.

Giving Solutions, the GoodCompany team.

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