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[30] Whether that's making better black bean burgers or novel alternative proteins. We know that this can work because it has before. And we know it's working again in the places where we've dared to try it.
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[31] Just last month, I was in Germany, and I walked into a Burger King and bam! I was bombarded with ads for their plant-based Whopper. It was all over the store, and the plant-based Whopper was center of the menu, and it was the same price as the regular Whopper.
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[32] Today in Burger Kings in Germany, one in five of all Whoppers sold are plant-based. One in five, in the country that invented the frankfurter.
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[33] Or take Lidl, it's one of the largest supermarkets in Europe. They decided to put their plant-based meat next to the conventional meat in the meat section and make it the same price.
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[34] So when you went to grab a package of ground beef, you had a healthier, sustainable plant-based option right next to it that costs the same.
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[35] Within six months of making this change, the sale of their plant-based products went up by 30 percent and shows no sign of lagging.
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[36] Even in New York City public schools, the largest school district in the country, they now have plant-based lunches for students, so over a million children are eating plant-based lunches at least once a week.
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[37] Now scaling from here, it's not easy politically or personally. But we're not talking about never eating meat. We're talking about less meat and more plants.
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[38] We're talking about overconsumption of meat. The average American right now eats six times the recommended amount of red meat. Six times.
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[39] If we were to just halve that, it would have massive benefits for the climate, for food security, and for health.
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[40] And companies and governments have been telling us for decades what to eat. They have the power to help us choose differently. And yes, there's progress to be made.
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[41] We need products that are plant-based to be healthier and cheaper. But without a doubt, eating more plants is better for the planet, better for animals, and better for us.
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[42] And when companies and governments make it easier for us to choose differently, we do. People want healthy and sustainable options, but it's simply not that easy to make that choice today.
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[43] The momentum, it's growing. That McDonald's in the hospital, it got kicked out. And my dad gets to play and share not-dogs and the occasional hot dog at family barbecues.
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[44] And that's the world I envision for all of us, where we're able to improve public health, we have avoided the worst of the climate crisis, and we've improved global food security.
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[45] That world is possible because we've shifted diets before, and we can do it again. Thank you.