Emissions, nutrition, livestock, and capital: Moving from binary debate to sustainable solutions

​Conversations about meat and dairy are too often framed in binary terms. Debates about what role meat can play in sustainable, healthy diets are often black and white, overlooking nuances related to health and nutrition, interplay of animal- and plant-sourced foods, and livelihoods and experiences of producers who manage land, animals, and food systems on the ground.

​This full-day program brings together producers, researchers, investors, innovators, and policymakers to explore a more complete vision of sustainable diets, one that integrates human health and consumer choice, environmental outcomes, and economic viability.

​Aligned with the International Year of the Woman Farmer and the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, the event will build common ground and advance real solutions centered on real-world experience, evidence, and systems thinking.