Why Try 7 Days Plant-Based?
For one week, choose food that’s kinder to animals, gentler on the planet, and supportive of you. A plant-based plate reduces demand for animal products, lightens your footprint, and helps you practice simple habits—more fiber, beans, veggies, and whole grains—that many people find energizing and satisfying.
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Who’s doing it
(well-known advocates)
What you get
(free 7-Day Starter Kit)
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Clinician-reviewed 21 recipes (7 breakfasts + 7 dinners; budget-friendly) + 7 snack ideas
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Swaps cheat-sheet
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Official Invitation to a plant-based community
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A chance to join our Exclusive Events
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What impact it has
For you
Try simple meals, hit your fiber targets more easily, and learn batch-cooking—no perfection required.
For animals & planet
Lower demand for animal products and shift toward foods with far lower land and emissions footprints—especially when swapping beef for legumes.
For community
Your pledge helps PBS learn what resources help most, so we can build better free tools, groups, and trainings.
Earth
Food systems produce ~26% of global greenhouse gases. Livestock uses ~77% of agricultural land but provides only ~18% of calories. Shifting toward plants is a high-impact lever.
Big emitters
On average, getting 100g of protein from peas emits ~0.4 kg CO₂e vs ~35 kg CO₂e from beef—~90× higher for beef.
Cattle’s share
attle (meat + milk) contribute ~3.8 GtCO₂e/yr (~62% of livestock emissions).
Nutrition
0–95% of U.S. adults fall short on fiber (guideline ≈ 14 g/1,000 kcal). Plant foods (beans, whole grains, veg, fruit, nuts/seeds) close this “fiber gap.”
Health pattern
Plant-centered dietary patterns are associated with lower cardiovascular risk in observational cohorts; aim for minimally processed plants.
FYI
WHO/IARC classifies processed meat as carcinogenic and red meat as probably carcinogenic (risk rises with intake).