Editing Lamb and mutton (section)

== Environmental impact ==
{{Further|Environmental impacts of animal agriculture}}

{{Bar chart|title=Mean [[land use]] of different foods<ref name="Nemecek 987–992">{{Cite journal|last1=Nemecek|first1=T.|last2=Poore|first2=J.|date=1 June 2018|title=Reducing food's environmental impacts through producers and consumers|journal=Science|volume=360|issue=6392|pages=987–992|doi=10.1126/science.aaq0216|issn=0036-8075|pmid=29853680|doi-access=free|bibcode=2018Sci...360..987P}}</ref>|float=right|label_type=Food Types|data_type=Land Use (m<sup>2</sup>year per 100g protein)|bar_width=20|width_units=em|data_max=50|label1=[[Beef]]|data1=50|label2=Lamb and Mutton|data2=20|label3=[[Cheese]]|data3=11|label4=[[Pork]]|data4=7.6|label5=[[Aquaculture|Farmed Fish]]|data5=6|label6=[[Poultry]]|data6=5.7|label7=[[Egg as food|Eggs]]|data7=4.2|label8=[[Tofu]]|data8=2|label9=[[Faboideae|Groundnuts]]|data9=1.2|label10=[[Peas]]|data10=0.4|label11=|data11=|label12=|data12=|label13=|data13=}}
[[File:World Emissions Intensity Of Agricultural Commodities (2021).svg|thumb|Sheep have the second highest emissions intensity of any agricultural commodity.]]

Production of lamb [[greenhouse gas emissions|emits more greenhouse gas]] per gram of protein than other common foods, except for beef.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Interactive: What is the climate impact of eating meat and dairy?|url=https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/what-is-the-climate-impact-of-eating-meat-and-dairy/|access-date=5 June 2021|website=url|language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Land-use-of-different-diets-Poore-Nemecek.png|thumb|left|The amount of agricultural land needed globally would be reduced by almost half if no beef or mutton were eaten.]]
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