Eat less dairy say 52 organisations

What has been described as “a powerful alliance of 52 organisations” has produced a report, “Principles for Eating Meat and Dairy More Sustainably : the less and better approach”

They have delivered the report to DEFRA as their submission to the government’s consultation on the post Brexit Agriculture Policy, which we all know is badged as a green Brexit.

The report highlights eight reasons why eating less meat and dairy will impact on the climate, animal welfare, nature, health, worldwide access to food, effectiveness of antibiotics, resource use and waste and even the livelihoods of farmers.

The report points the finger at what it calls industrial livestock production and calls on government to step forward by encouraging farming practices that benefit animal welfare, the environment and our health.

The alliance claims almost a 1000% increase in demand for vegetarian options in 2017 in the UK alone.

The 52 members of the eating-better alliance include Friends of the Earth, WWF and Compassion in World Farming.  Whether our politicians listen to their views remains to be seen but they certainly won’t be ignored or dismissed and the fear is the new post Brexit policy could be hi-jacked and dictated by these organisations and the so-called Green Lobby.

The report can be downloaded at: 

https://www.eating-better.org/uploads/Documents/2018/better_meat_report_FINAL.pdf.

Or a summary at:  http://bit.ly/EB2018lessandbettersummary