Discuss a Eatwell plate, they cannot make their decision about leaving Brexit clean so that will be a furphy...It is official and is due for discussion with the aim of passing an Act of Parliament before year end
these are the percentage reductions in the report:Doesn’t the referenced report say “less red meat” and suggests “pork and chicken” instead?
If you read the report Chapter 3 there is indeed a mention of using pork and poultry instead but that is for the 20% reduction of dairy products from animals. but the report then says that the reduction required to meet the zero carb ltarget in 2050 requires the 50% reduction, and this could not be met from white meat sources alone. It will need to be supplemented by artificial meat and synthetic milk products. The reason for this is that the extra 30#% reduction will also be accompanied by larger reduction in dairy cattle, and not just the beef herds. In another section of the report there is a discussion on land use, and pigs and poulttry do not come out without major negative impacts on demand for water, feedstock, and emissions of GHG. These resources are also competing with human requirements, so are to be reduced too. The report is singularly amiss in that fish is not discussed as a source of protein, and does not really get any mention in the report.Doesn’t the referenced report say “less red meat” and suggests “pork and chicken” instead?
As you know, I live in a farming community and surrounded by farms, of all sort. They are not happy. Its grim at the moment round here. Especially as the consensus seems to be that its not only unworkable, its inaccurate and will prove to be counterproductive. Especially the bits about huge greenhouses and their effect on the environment. And the loss of animals to fertilize the land and produce byproducts like clothing and other materials. You cant feed animals effectively on scrub land and get high quality foods and healthy animals.Great Professors and experts but what does the people who farm these foods say about it being... doable?
I get the impression they have forgotten the important people.... the suppliers.
Yes you did tell us. You were right. Thank you.
So we're in for lab grown meat, crops that are perfectly OK to be grown outdoors to be grown in greenhouses instead, and we will have soya milk instead of cow's milk. Oh and the Eatwell plate that made so many of us ill is now being made worse as meat supplies will be limited, eat pulses instead. And all the time the population is growing and more homes will be built taking up more green space. And this is meant to be progress?
A land grab that there will be no going back from once it has happened. It really won't be any point in crying over spilt milk then.The report is quite clear. Most of the land to be reclaimed back from the livestock farmers is to be turned over to biomass. In particular biomass that provides energy needs, not forest sequestration. So we are to be converting grain to ethanol to feed the machines that need petrol or biodiesel. That is the sacrifice we are being asked to make. It is not about food, it is a land grab.
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