«I've written a lot on
industrial meat production, and it's very interesting to see how people react.
Accounting for more emissions than the entire transportation sector,
industrial meat production is a critical driver of climate destabilization.
Industrial meat production has superseded the cowboy and the ranch.
Second, to the rampant, cruel and widespread domination exercised by humans over non-human animals in
industrial meat production.
Nick Halla, chief strategy officer of Impossible Foods, gave a presentation about his company's Impossible Burger as a sustainable solution to the problems of
industrial meat production.
At a meeting in February, Vancouver resident Eleanor Boyle, author of High Steaks: Why and How to Eat Less Meat, laid out the science behind the need to cut down on the amount of meat being eaten around the world, explaining the environmental impact of
industrial meat production.
Meat Free Monday is giving away five copies of High Steaks, which documents the disastrous consequences of modern large - scale
industrial meat production and excessive consumption.
The first, Mark Bittman's Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating, focuses on the effect
industrial meat production has on the environment («In terms of energy consumption, serving a typical family - of - four steak dinner is the rough equivalent of driving around in an SUV for three hours while leaving all the lights on at home»).
These high - tech, plant - based meats are not your usual mock meat: they boast not only similar taste and texture to meat, but also comparable nutritional value — minus the cholesterol, growth hormones, antibiotics, and other unsavory bits of
industrial meat production.
Not exact matches
In a new report, GRAIN outlines the contributions of
industrial meat and dairy to global climate change, arguing that reducing their
production and consumption is one of the most important actions we can take to address the climate crisis now.
He gave up on the
industrial production model years ago, and now has a small operation that encompasses all steps of the business, from birth to slaughter to a retail
meat counter in Colorado Springs.
Since beginning to evaluate animal protein
production alternatives that may even prove to be environmentally sustainable (see my posts on carbon - farmed
meat Part I and Part II), inexpensive,
industrial, widely - available, conventional
meat is increasingly a no - go for me.
Meat: Feed your dog human - quality meat, preferably NOT that which originates on factory farms (the politically correct term these days is Industrial Farm Production Operations, or IFP
Meat: Feed your dog human - quality
meat, preferably NOT that which originates on factory farms (the politically correct term these days is Industrial Farm Production Operations, or IFP
meat, preferably NOT that which originates on factory farms (the politically correct term these days is
Industrial Farm
Production Operations, or IFPOs).
Porkchop guides readers through the ills of
industrial farming, the faces and lives of the people most affected by it, a hopeful exploration of sustainable
meat production and, surprisingly, a little romance.
The report presents a global perspective on the impacts of
industrial meat and dairy
production, and illustrates its increasingly devastating impact on society and the environment.
Instead of creating one more body for business - as - usual, governments, funding agencies, and international organizations should be taking bold action: committing to shift resources away from climate - damaging practices of chemical - intensive
industrial agriculture and
meat production and towards investment in and commitment to agroecology, food sovereignty, and support to small - scale food producers.