We’re on track to set a new record for global meat consumption(technologyreview.com)
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We’re on track to set a new record for global meat consumption
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/04/26/1023636/sustainable-meat-livestock-production-climate-change/
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Chimpanzees brains also don't have the same energy demands.
We also still don't understand the mechanisms behind rare diseases that are associated with vegetarian diets but also not considered from being overt malnourishment. We are far from ready from centrally advocating for plant-based diets.
Seems like the best thing we can do and are doing is introducing more plant-based options on the market.
We also still don't understand the mechanisms behind rare diseases that are associated with vegetarian diets but also not considered from being overt malnourishment. We are far from ready from centrally advocating for plant-based diets.
Seems like the best thing we can do and are doing is introducing more plant-based options on the market.
> We are far from ready from centrally advocating for plant-based diets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegan_nutrition#Positions_of_d...
"Positions of dietetic and government associations - The American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Dietitians of Canada state that properly planned vegan diets are appropriate for all life stages, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence.[5][6] They indicate that vegetarian diets may be more common among adolescents with eating disorders, but that its adoption may serve to camouflage a disorder rather than cause one. The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council similarly recognizes a well-planned vegan diet as viable for any age,[7][8] as does the New Zealand Ministry of Health,[9] British National Health Service,[10] British Nutrition Foundation,[11] Dietitians Association of Australia,[12] United States Department of Agriculture,[13] Mayo Clinic,[14] Canadian Pediatric Society,[15] and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.[16] The British National Health Service's Eatwell Plate allows for an entirely plant-based diet,[17] as does the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) MyPlate.[18][19] The USDA allows tofu to replace meat in the National School Lunch Program.[20] The American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics adds that well-planned vegan diets are also appropriate for older adults and athletes.[1]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegan_nutrition#Positions_of_d...
"Positions of dietetic and government associations - The American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Dietitians of Canada state that properly planned vegan diets are appropriate for all life stages, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence.[5][6] They indicate that vegetarian diets may be more common among adolescents with eating disorders, but that its adoption may serve to camouflage a disorder rather than cause one. The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council similarly recognizes a well-planned vegan diet as viable for any age,[7][8] as does the New Zealand Ministry of Health,[9] British National Health Service,[10] British Nutrition Foundation,[11] Dietitians Association of Australia,[12] United States Department of Agriculture,[13] Mayo Clinic,[14] Canadian Pediatric Society,[15] and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.[16] The British National Health Service's Eatwell Plate allows for an entirely plant-based diet,[17] as does the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) MyPlate.[18][19] The USDA allows tofu to replace meat in the National School Lunch Program.[20] The American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics adds that well-planned vegan diets are also appropriate for older adults and athletes.[1]"
> properly planned
> well-planned
For these reasons requiring proper planning on the individual level is why the US require certain foods to be fortified.
> well-planned
For these reasons requiring proper planning on the individual level is why the US require certain foods to be fortified.
My argument is for eating less meat because it costs so much in resources to make. A moratorium can be easier (especially when trying to avoid something unhealthy for me and which I feel compelled to consume), but rather than urge everyone to be vegetarian (consistently 5% of USA population[0]) it makes more sense to set limits for everyone, along with introducing options to help the shift.
[0] podcast: How to Save a Planet, 2021-03-25, The Beef With Beef
[0] podcast: How to Save a Planet, 2021-03-25, The Beef With Beef
That is true, but we (as a society) still eat way too much meat compared to what is required as part of our nutritional intake. I don’t advocate getting the "just right" amount needed (because it is not really easy to compute depending on activity, lifestyle, body type, etc…), but modern meat consumption is neither healthy nor ecologically sustainable.
No we don’t. We eat less than most Hunter gatherers did, even accounting for variability iirc
I don’t think we can generalize that, because it depends on where the hunter-gatherer lived.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/05/health/hunter-gatherer-diet-t...
It’s a three day sampling, but fruit and honey make-up a non-trivial portion of their caloric intake.
Inuit diet, of course, was mostly fat and protein out of necessity
https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/05/health/hunter-gatherer-diet-t...
It’s a three day sampling, but fruit and honey make-up a non-trivial portion of their caloric intake.
Inuit diet, of course, was mostly fat and protein out of necessity
I'm well aware of diet variability, but overall we ate lots of meat.
We only started eating vegetables 85,000 years ago. For the 2M years before that it was all meat diet:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-2-million-years-humans-ate...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-2-million-years-humans-ate...
In fact, one of the conclusions was off: https://news.ncsu.edu/2015/07/beasley-acid-2015/
If anything, high acidity shows humans as scavengers rather than hunters.
If anything, high acidity shows humans as scavengers rather than hunters.
Yes. That would also explain why we prefer dry-aged rather than fresh beef.
Your link indicates it’s a hypothesis, and not a widely
-accepted PoV.
Do you have the same nutritional needs as a hunter gatherer?
We should encourage people to eat healthier diets, this will not only lead to more fulfilling lives, but also save enormous amounts of healthcare spending. Iirc Hadza life expectancy is 70 years vs 75 for modern humans (excluding child mortality). That's with NO access to modern healthcare!
As for me personally, I run 8 mi/day and lift 6 days a week so yes.
EDIT: source on hunter gatherers living almost as long as us: https://theconversation.com/hunter-gatherers-live-nearly-as-...
As for me personally, I run 8 mi/day and lift 6 days a week so yes.
EDIT: source on hunter gatherers living almost as long as us: https://theconversation.com/hunter-gatherers-live-nearly-as-...
Anyone who does many miles of running in a week, or works a manual labor job, just might.
I am 100% sure they suffered all kinds of malnutrition.
I am not a big fan of this "external cost" talking point. For instance, the health cost do not scale linearly with sales. Why should someone who eats a healthy amount of meat subsidize the health cost of someone who eats an unhealthy amount?
I see a different problem with climate emissions: If cattle produces a large quantity of green house gases, should the US meat eater outbid the Indian gasoline buyer? Because I think that's the likely consequence of a global market for emissions.
I think it's much more efficient (but frustratingly slow) to set global standards for sustainable production. One could demand a certain level of renewable energy or a particular grazing standard world-wide. This way, no one loses out on the global market.
I see a different problem with climate emissions: If cattle produces a large quantity of green house gases, should the US meat eater outbid the Indian gasoline buyer? Because I think that's the likely consequence of a global market for emissions.
I think it's much more efficient (but frustratingly slow) to set global standards for sustainable production. One could demand a certain level of renewable energy or a particular grazing standard world-wide. This way, no one loses out on the global market.
Why should subsidies be based on quantity? If anything, we should subsidize income for the less fortunate and let the market dictate costs. We can all pay the fair market value for goods and then those that need actual assistance can have it. If you want to eat a "healthy amount" of meat, pay for it just the same as a glutton. Giving subsidies to the producers of goods makes little sense because you're directing consumption.
Where in my comment did you read the word subsidies? I was talking about the idea of internalizing "external costs" which I think is impractical and also somewhat impossible because at least some external costs do not occur at the point of production but at the point of consumption.
edit: Now I get it. You must have misunderstood my point. Let me reiterate. Health care cost are part of the external costs of food. But they occur non-linearly, based on the amount of consumption. But they can only be priced linearly. So someone who eats a little meat would effectively pay the external costs of someone who eats a lot of meat.
edit: Now I get it. You must have misunderstood my point. Let me reiterate. Health care cost are part of the external costs of food. But they occur non-linearly, based on the amount of consumption. But they can only be priced linearly. So someone who eats a little meat would effectively pay the external costs of someone who eats a lot of meat.
You're right, I mistook your external costs to mean the subsidized price of meat and dairy. My apologies.
Well, I came to this news feed, because I thought there were some standards, that where higher than in other places. If you just go to the end of the article you can read "Dan Blaustein-Rejto is director of food and agriculture at the Breakthrough Institute, an environmental research center in Oakland, California. Alex Smith is a food and agriculture research analyst at the Breakthrough Institute, where he studies agricultural innovation, the future of meat production and consumption, and alternative proteins. He owns stock in Beyond Meat."
PFfffffffffffffffF!! BULLSHIT! this is fucking propagando and news advertisement. I am looking for the first person who want to shoot his own foot?!?! so sad and lame...
PFfffffffffffffffF!! BULLSHIT! this is fucking propagando and news advertisement. I am looking for the first person who want to shoot his own foot?!?! so sad and lame...
We eat way more than we used to, and there are more people doing it.
Per capita meat consumption in the US (poultry, beef, pork) in 1960 was about 170 lbs per year. Now it’s closer to 220 lbs per person per year. Cheese consumption has almost tripled since 1970.
https://www.nationalchickencouncil.org/about-the-industry/st...
Let’s all be heroes: Eat less (including meat and cheese), buy less, save money, improve your health, create less waste, drive less, walk more, save water and use less energy. And be a role model for the next generation.
Per capita meat consumption in the US (poultry, beef, pork) in 1960 was about 170 lbs per year. Now it’s closer to 220 lbs per person per year. Cheese consumption has almost tripled since 1970.
https://www.nationalchickencouncil.org/about-the-industry/st...
Let’s all be heroes: Eat less (including meat and cheese), buy less, save money, improve your health, create less waste, drive less, walk more, save water and use less energy. And be a role model for the next generation.
It seems like the market compensates for individual action in a way that diminishes its effect.
The market compensates the future for real consumption?
Or are you thinking in purely abstract models?
I’m more of a physical sciences type. I feel no obligation to coddle completely made up, self re-enforcing garbage.
How is the market compensating for the real impact facing the future of the species?
Hint: it’s not. Everyone in power will simply be dead by the time the bill comes due.
“Trickle down economics” is a meme intended to mock the rubes. “Fuck them kids” is similarly something we uncomfortably laugh at as a joke while behaving with real indifference.
Or are you thinking in purely abstract models?
I’m more of a physical sciences type. I feel no obligation to coddle completely made up, self re-enforcing garbage.
How is the market compensating for the real impact facing the future of the species?
Hint: it’s not. Everyone in power will simply be dead by the time the bill comes due.
“Trickle down economics” is a meme intended to mock the rubes. “Fuck them kids” is similarly something we uncomfortably laugh at as a joke while behaving with real indifference.
I don't see you proposing a solution.
Individual action isn't it. It is a red herring.
Government policy is the only way forward.
Individual action isn't it. It is a red herring.
Government policy is the only way forward.
Wow. 275g per day is a huge average. Do you happen to know the median?
I cannot agree with the cheese part, though. I think if you replace half of that meat consumption with cheese, it would be net positive for your health and the climate.
Also one should not consider poultry equivalent to beef.
I cannot agree with the cheese part, though. I think if you replace half of that meat consumption with cheese, it would be net positive for your health and the climate.
Also one should not consider poultry equivalent to beef.
> 275g per day is a huge average
Including food waste it's fairly reasonable. Commercial restaurants waste an amazing amount of food everyday.
Including food waste it's fairly reasonable. Commercial restaurants waste an amazing amount of food everyday.
It's really not reasonable, even if you consider 50% waste. There's no reason for a sedentary person to eat even close to that much protein.
I think he's referring to g of meat and not pure protein. I'd say that the number is pretty close or maybe even low. I mean it's not just steak /chicken /burgers, Bacon, lunch meat, sausage etc all adds up.
The majority of food waste however is fruit and vegetables (about half), some meat is still wasted but is among the lowest category in food waste.
Can a restaurant really afford to waste huge amounts of expensive meat every day? I thought their entire margin was based on minimizing expensive waste.
Chains like McDonald's do in fact waste large quantities of food (in absolute terms). I think this is largely caused by the even larger quantities they sell. But to a certain degree it is down to completely artificial and arguably pointless metrics:
1. They produce (or used to, this practice has been removed in Germany, I think) a large amount of food on stock and kept it warm. If it isn't sold after a few minutes (15?) it gets trashed. This is to optimize the speed of sales.
2. They hand out bizarrely large quantities (especially soft drinks, but also cheap stuff like fries) that often the customer won't eat completely. This is for a reason that I don't understand. Might be a US thing, though.
1. They produce (or used to, this practice has been removed in Germany, I think) a large amount of food on stock and kept it warm. If it isn't sold after a few minutes (15?) it gets trashed. This is to optimize the speed of sales.
2. They hand out bizarrely large quantities (especially soft drinks, but also cheap stuff like fries) that often the customer won't eat completely. This is for a reason that I don't understand. Might be a US thing, though.
Emit less. The mode of transport matters, not just whether you do something less. Sometimes buying more is better. LED bulbs cost (very slightly) more money but consume far less power. Same for electric cars, heat pumps, solar roofs, insulation, etc.
We are also healthier then average in 1960. We are more fat, but also less likely to miss one of important nutricients.
I'd love to see how you characterize Americans being healthier today than they were in 1960. Maybe you mean that life expectancy has increased from about 70 years to 78 years. However it looks like a lot of that is attributable to reduced infant mortality.
In 1960, 0.91% of Americans had Type II Diabetes. In 2015, 7.40% of Americans had Type II Diabetes: https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/slides/long_term_tre...
Obesity has also skyrocketed: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statisti...
In 1960, 0.91% of Americans had Type II Diabetes. In 2015, 7.40% of Americans had Type II Diabetes: https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/slides/long_term_tre...
Obesity has also skyrocketed: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statisti...
You literally picked exactly one disease and used it as argument why we are less healthy. And obesity is not even disease on itself. To can be obese and healtht. It just happen to have to do with the exact same disease you picked.
OK, don't take it from me, then:
When we look at this year’s report, we see that we are living longer, but with an increasing burden of preventable chronic illness. In particular, our nation’s health is persistently compromised by risk factors such as sedentary behavior, obesity, and diabetes.
http://cdnfiles.americashealthrankings.org/SiteFiles/Reports...
So again: how do you define "healthier then average in 1960"?
When we look at this year’s report, we see that we are living longer, but with an increasing burden of preventable chronic illness. In particular, our nation’s health is persistently compromised by risk factors such as sedentary behavior, obesity, and diabetes.
http://cdnfiles.americashealthrankings.org/SiteFiles/Reports...
So again: how do you define "healthier then average in 1960"?
Well, look at workplace accident rates, injury rates, lead poisoning in the house & at the pump (before petrol was de-leaded), smoking normalized across the board, cities filled with smog (pre-EPA).
If you want numbers, there was a 3x decrease in mortality from heart/cardiovascular disease, 5x decrease in mortality from cerebrovascular disease (1960s were actually one of the most unhealthy decades to be alive in):
https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2016/1/25/morta...
Sedentary behavior, obesity and diabetes are more signals of stress rather than our current environment - look at the top 10% by income - those risk factors are nowhere to be found in that subgroup.
If you want numbers, there was a 3x decrease in mortality from heart/cardiovascular disease, 5x decrease in mortality from cerebrovascular disease (1960s were actually one of the most unhealthy decades to be alive in):
https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2016/1/25/morta...
Sedentary behavior, obesity and diabetes are more signals of stress rather than our current environment - look at the top 10% by income - those risk factors are nowhere to be found in that subgroup.
I say don't save money but eat a lot less meat. Buy only local organic meats. This way you can actually enjoy a good piece of meat and also appreciate it.
This comment is a perfect example of a person shifting systemic problems onto individual consumers.
If we just all do our one little part, it makes a better world, right?
Except then you get situations like the great recycling crisis, where individual consumers do their part to recycle and then we "realize" that recycling has been a giant scam for decades.
Except then you get situations like the great recycling crisis, where individual consumers do their part to recycle and then we "realize" that recycling has been a giant scam for decades.
Considering we could not get people to wear masks to curb far more immediate problems, I find it difficult to take the initiative.
It does feel like an overwhelming task, but individuals can come together and our own actions do matter. We ended slavery: we can create huge positive change.
> We ended slavery
With at least one famous and bloody civil war in what is now a nuclear power. I’d rather not have one of those again, even though I’m increasingly of the suspicion that {the poorly specified concept named variously “sentience”, “ability to suffer”, or “consciousness”} is likely found in many more species than just humans.
With at least one famous and bloody civil war in what is now a nuclear power. I’d rather not have one of those again, even though I’m increasingly of the suspicion that {the poorly specified concept named variously “sentience”, “ability to suffer”, or “consciousness”} is likely found in many more species than just humans.
> Let’s all be heroes: Eat less (including meat and cheese), buy less, save money, improve your health, create less waste, drive less, walk more, save water and use less energy. And be a role model for the next generation.
Yes, let’s all be heroes but at the same time let’s acknowledge the fact that as long as the incentives of the system remain the same, the trend will continue. This rhetoric reminds me of the rhetoric around plastic consumption; the big producers of plastic push the message that it’s on all of us to reuse, recycle, and so on. Let’s instead capture the cost of the externalities in the actual prices of meat production and consumption — prices then should be higher and demand at that price point will be less. Let’s make it easier to be heroes by changing the system.
Yes, let’s all be heroes but at the same time let’s acknowledge the fact that as long as the incentives of the system remain the same, the trend will continue. This rhetoric reminds me of the rhetoric around plastic consumption; the big producers of plastic push the message that it’s on all of us to reuse, recycle, and so on. Let’s instead capture the cost of the externalities in the actual prices of meat production and consumption — prices then should be higher and demand at that price point will be less. Let’s make it easier to be heroes by changing the system.
People also grow more since then and diets change.
I'd love for the industry to remove sugar and therefore unnecessary cravings for a lot of people.
In theory: smaller humans would be the ultimate solution. But that's not going to happen anytime soon.
Perhaps a way more efficient digestion system?
The fallacy of the op is to exercise more ( = use human energy for transportation) and eat/drink less. That's not how the human body works...
I'd love for the industry to remove sugar and therefore unnecessary cravings for a lot of people.
In theory: smaller humans would be the ultimate solution. But that's not going to happen anytime soon.
Perhaps a way more efficient digestion system?
The fallacy of the op is to exercise more ( = use human energy for transportation) and eat/drink less. That's not how the human body works...
Not sure why the author doesn't mention the known (and gaining traction) solution: rotational grazing. It's a rather simple carbon-negative solution. You have a bunch of land, you divide it into paddocks, you rotate ruminants to fresh grass. The previous paddocks regenerate and bind carbon. Repeat. A large plot of land is able to bind carbon for decades.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rotational+grazing+carbon+negative
I sincerely doubt this fully compensated for methane emissions.
Maybe.
http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/animalsciencesdept/2016/06/22/cows...
Bison in particular have such a beneficial effect on soil retention, aeration, and quality, that some scientists view them as part of the solution as opposed to part of the problem. Their grazing patterns literally turn everything they touch into more efficient carbon sinks.
If this idea is to extend to other livestock, it would do wonders for swine, chicken, sheep, and goat carbon intensity as well, but it probably will never be enough to compensate for cow methane emissions.
http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/animalsciencesdept/2016/06/22/cows...
Bison in particular have such a beneficial effect on soil retention, aeration, and quality, that some scientists view them as part of the solution as opposed to part of the problem. Their grazing patterns literally turn everything they touch into more efficient carbon sinks.
If this idea is to extend to other livestock, it would do wonders for swine, chicken, sheep, and goat carbon intensity as well, but it probably will never be enough to compensate for cow methane emissions.
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We could fix that by feeding the cattle algae:
https://www.agweb.com/news/livestock/beef/feeding-cows-seawe...
https://www.agweb.com/news/livestock/beef/feeding-cows-seawe...
Methane emissions do drop when feeding cattle grass. It's what their guts are supposed to work with.
The future can look pretty grim when you start considering how rapidly quality of life can shift upwards even for huge populations, and how many people on earth have nowhere to go on that scale but up up up.
Population growth historically received a lot of attention, but at this point there's enough queued up people waiting to join the West's way of life it looks to me like that ship has sailed.
China promptly overtook the US in co2 emissions as they arrived in the past few decades [0], by a wide margin. What does the world look like when India starts competing with China for that position? They certainly have the headcount for it, at least they're mostly vegetarian right? For how much longer...
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
Population growth historically received a lot of attention, but at this point there's enough queued up people waiting to join the West's way of life it looks to me like that ship has sailed.
China promptly overtook the US in co2 emissions as they arrived in the past few decades [0], by a wide margin. What does the world look like when India starts competing with China for that position? They certainly have the headcount for it, at least they're mostly vegetarian right? For how much longer...
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
> The future can look pretty grim when you start considering how rapidly quality of life can shift upwards even for huge populations, and how many people on earth have nowhere to go on that scale but up up up.
The future looks grim. Because life is getting better. for lots of people?
Take this anti-humanistic garbage elsewhere. We can solve problems and make a better world without having to decrease, or even slow the increase, of quality of life around the planet. Lab-grown meat. Spacefarms. Whatever. I can think of many ways to increase quality of life universally, and this pessimistic, anti-human sentiment is actively getting in the way.
I think at least some of this comes from the new environmental movement, which tends to be much more anti-human than pro-fixes.
I just want you to read your first sentence there, and really internalize what you said. How absurd is that?
The future looks grim. Because life is getting better. for lots of people?
Take this anti-humanistic garbage elsewhere. We can solve problems and make a better world without having to decrease, or even slow the increase, of quality of life around the planet. Lab-grown meat. Spacefarms. Whatever. I can think of many ways to increase quality of life universally, and this pessimistic, anti-human sentiment is actively getting in the way.
I think at least some of this comes from the new environmental movement, which tends to be much more anti-human than pro-fixes.
I just want you to read your first sentence there, and really internalize what you said. How absurd is that?
I think your assessment is more or less spot on, we've faced down civilizational threats before.
I want to add that there's a statistical trend to have less offspring once quality of life improves, as well.
That being said, civilizations have come and gone before. I believe we must not fall into "tech religion", and wait for magical solutions when we can and should address many things politically rather than technologically.
I am also happy we're reaching for the solar system, because a backup mankind seems prudent.
I want to add that there's a statistical trend to have less offspring once quality of life improves, as well.
That being said, civilizations have come and gone before. I believe we must not fall into "tech religion", and wait for magical solutions when we can and should address many things politically rather than technologically.
I am also happy we're reaching for the solar system, because a backup mankind seems prudent.
I think at least some of this comes from the new environmental movement, which tends to be much more anti-human than pro-fixes.
It's just another way of pulling up the ladder after climbing it, the same as people like to accuse homeowners of doing when they don't want to be crowded out of their neighborhoods. You can even find both in the same neighborhood/person -- you'll be looked at funny if you don't have a Prius parked in front of your multi-million dollar house right next to a protected forest that only you can access because there is no train and no parking.
It's just another way of pulling up the ladder after climbing it, the same as people like to accuse homeowners of doing when they don't want to be crowded out of their neighborhoods. You can even find both in the same neighborhood/person -- you'll be looked at funny if you don't have a Prius parked in front of your multi-million dollar house right next to a protected forest that only you can access because there is no train and no parking.
Quantity or quality, pick one, or lose both.
Western humans are like orcs.
Industrial agriculture is depleting the soil, abusing animals, polluting our water and significantly contributing to planet-destroying climate change. How about we start tackling the problem by ending subsidies and requiring meat producers to pay for what are currently treated as externalities. If meat eaters had to pay the real cost of their food, I suspect overall consumption would decrease far more than any campaign for behavioural changes.
The cause is overpopulation. Not agriculture.
Less people, less problems. More people, more problems. Just look at the world population since 1950
The current solution is more efficient agriculture ( ofc ) or finding better and viable alternatives
Forcing way more expensive meat is not a good option. Too many jobs will be lost at once and people will view it as an attack on their freedom. Nobody will want to make that decision and i don't think it's realistic to execute.
I'd like some research on this too. Since I remember young vegans from school to be unhealthy looking and needing vitamin supplements.
Even China added eggs and other things to the school diet, since they wanted to catch up on height with japanese people. They had positive effects within 1 generation.
Just 1 example: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/vegetarian-kindergarten-china-orde...
I'll let my kids eat meat and they can decide what they want when they are full-grown.
Ps. I've met countless of vegans being offended by these claims/observations, while they couldn't find any proof against it.
Joy... I invite you to debunk it. Please... Alter my POV with some evidence.
Less people, less problems. More people, more problems. Just look at the world population since 1950
The current solution is more efficient agriculture ( ofc ) or finding better and viable alternatives
Forcing way more expensive meat is not a good option. Too many jobs will be lost at once and people will view it as an attack on their freedom. Nobody will want to make that decision and i don't think it's realistic to execute.
I'd like some research on this too. Since I remember young vegans from school to be unhealthy looking and needing vitamin supplements.
Even China added eggs and other things to the school diet, since they wanted to catch up on height with japanese people. They had positive effects within 1 generation.
Just 1 example: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/vegetarian-kindergarten-china-orde...
I'll let my kids eat meat and they can decide what they want when they are full-grown.
Ps. I've met countless of vegans being offended by these claims/observations, while they couldn't find any proof against it.
Joy... I invite you to debunk it. Please... Alter my POV with some evidence.
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Why not reduce government subsidies on meat and add tax based on the pollution generated? Existing meat alternatives that are cheap to produce and create less pollution would then have a fair chance to compete?
I can't see how meat alternatives are ever going to be able to compete otherwise. We already have a ton of good cow milk alternatives to choose from and people aren't rapidly switching to them so I don't expect e.g. lab meat to change much unless it was an order of magnitude cheaper.
I can't see how meat alternatives are ever going to be able to compete otherwise. We already have a ton of good cow milk alternatives to choose from and people aren't rapidly switching to them so I don't expect e.g. lab meat to change much unless it was an order of magnitude cheaper.
Sadly, it’s because the farmers and agricultural sector will fight tooth and nail to prevent any subsidies from going away. Plus, the average consumer is going to notice the increased price of food and is likely to vote in a reactionary way. I don’t wish to be a pessimist but I don’t see how such a necessary but unpopular thing could be passed in the political landscape today.
On a bright note though, I remember the Beef Association (or something along those lines) were protesting against meat substitutes being sold alongside real meat in the same refrigerator. They seem to have at least lost that battle at the chain grocery stores.
On a bright note though, I remember the Beef Association (or something along those lines) were protesting against meat substitutes being sold alongside real meat in the same refrigerator. They seem to have at least lost that battle at the chain grocery stores.
Climate change gonna hit us by 2030
When I was living in Russia, back in early nineties, the family could've only eaten meat once in 1-2 weeks. For us, it wasn't much special to have a week without meat.
Later, I though we were well off to have it 1-2 times a week. It was just not part of the culture in the part of Russia we were, and it was, and I think still, considered simply wasteful, and irrational.
When I moved to Canada in 2009, the whole idea of eating mean not only every day, but multiple times a day was hard to digest.
In the end, I got used to this. I became rather fat.
Later, I though we were well off to have it 1-2 times a week. It was just not part of the culture in the part of Russia we were, and it was, and I think still, considered simply wasteful, and irrational.
When I moved to Canada in 2009, the whole idea of eating mean not only every day, but multiple times a day was hard to digest.
In the end, I got used to this. I became rather fat.
I don't know about where you lived in Russia specifically, but eastern block was eating meat every day during communism itself. Twice every day, for dinner and lunch.
No it wasn't, whomever told you that told you a blatant lie.
Meat twice a day was a luxury even for Moscow, and that with CPSU keeping Moscow well fed at any cost.
In regions, it was a norm for meat shortages in excess of 1 month.
In class 4 cities, and ethnic republics, it was even worse, some form of mild scurvy was a norm there.
Meat twice a day was a luxury even for Moscow, and that with CPSU keeping Moscow well fed at any cost.
In regions, it was a norm for meat shortages in excess of 1 month.
In class 4 cities, and ethnic republics, it was even worse, some form of mild scurvy was a norm there.
Well, I personally lived there and personally eate all that meat. And we were not particularly rich, most of people we knew could afford more.
School lunches had meat them 4 days a week, as a rule. All the kids ate school lunches except those with too much allergies.
Scurcy was not norm, that is not true. You also don't get scurvy from not eating meat.
School lunches had meat them 4 days a week, as a rule. All the kids ate school lunches except those with too much allergies.
Scurcy was not norm, that is not true. You also don't get scurvy from not eating meat.
Chimpanzees eat some meat, maybe 2-3% of their diet? We can do that, too. The long-term costs need to be included in meat production. Regulation that affects everyone seems important, so that we don’t get stuck appealing to and hoping for individual responsibility.