All dog parents want to feed their pet the best food possible. Some are turning to home-cooked meals, others to raw diets, or searching the aisles for human-grade meats. Unfortunately, none of these solutions holds the key to the best meal and meat-heavy dog foods are negatively impacting the environment.

Through a first-of-its-kind study in 2017 examining the environmental impact of the meat our pets eat, we learned that dogs and cats are responsible for about 25–30% of the environmental impacts from animal production (this includes the impact on land, water, fossil fuel, phosphate, and biocides).