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Would eating less meat really combat climate change?
By Mike Berners- Lee, From The Independant [29th November 2015] Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/would-eating-less-meat-really-combat-climate-change-a6753466.html If every Briton went vegetarian, we could cut our greenhouse gas footprint by 25 per cent With the food system accounting for up to a third of global greenhouse gas […]
100% Vegan Fish ‘N’ Chips Shop Opens In Sydney
By Hannah Mars, From Buzzfeed – [November 20th 2015] Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmars/fish-and-chips-and-enlightenment?utm_medium=email&bffbfood&utm_term=.rh8LoNV7n#.rpJEOaRLd Newtown is known for its many vegan-friendly eateries. There’s even a vegetarian butcher. Now, the quirky inner-west suburb is also home to Sydney’s first vegan fish ‘n’ chip shop. Bliss & Chips is located on King Street, near Missenden Road. From the outside, it looks like your […]
Meat should be taxed to help save the planet, think-tank suggests
By Emily Gosden, From The Telegraph – [November 24th 2015] Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/greenpolitics/taxandtheenvironment/12012836/Tax-meat-global-warming-Chatham-House-report.html Meat should be taxed to help tackle global warming, a leading think-tank has suggested, as it urged ministers to also reduce the amount of meat served in schools and hospitals. Proceeds from […]
Can eating less meat help reduce climate change? BBC online
From the BBC website, written by Laura Wellesley As the Paris Conference of the Parties (COP21) draws near, the international spotlight is more focused on climate change than at any time since the Copenhagen talks of 2009. But amid all the talk of decarbonising energy and transport systems, one crucial area remains in the shadows. The […]
UK shoppers give pork the chop after processed meats linked to cancer
By Aisha Gani, from The Guardian [November 3rd 2015} Source: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/23/bacon-sausage-sales-fall-who-report-cancer-risk-processed-meat?CMP=share_btn_fb Sales of bacon and sausages fell by £3m in two weeks since WHO claimed processed meats were a major cause of cancer Bacon and sausages have been cut out of many people’s shopping baskets, suggesting […]
There’s a population crisis all right. But probably not the one you think
By George Monbiot, from The Guardian -[November 19th 2015] Source: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/19/population-crisis-farm-animals-laying-waste-to-planet This column is about the population crisis. About the breeding that’s laying waste the world’s living systems. But it’s probably not the population crisis you’re thinking of. This is about another one, that we […]
Big in Israel: Vegan Soldiers
[Source: www.theatlantic.com] How the IDF is handling the changing dietary preferences of its servicemen and women. Last December, Colonel Avi Harel, a commander in the Israel Defense Forces, was facing a strategic quandary. According to media reports, protesters were threatening revolt from within. They were not satisfied with previous concessions; the status quo, they said, […]
Coming soon: chicken meat without slaughter
By Abigail Klein Leichman, from Israel 21c – [November 19th 2015] Source: http://www.israel21c.org/coming-soon-chicken-meat-without-slaughter/ An Israeli foundation is first in the world to research mass production of cultured chicken breast, a real meat product starting from a single cell of a real bird. Dutch tissue engineer Mark Post made international news last year when he […]
More California farmers trade dairy for nuts, analysts say
By Carol Ryan Dumas, From Capital Press Source: http://www.capitalpress.com/Dairy/20151104/more-california-farmers-trade-dairy-for-nuts-analysts-say More California acreage, including cropland on dairies, is being converting to nut orchards, raising questions as to the impact on California’s future milk production. A growing number of California dairies are diversifying […]
Germany has become the FIRST country in the world to ban ‘chick shredding’
Article courtesy of Animals Australia. Germany has become the FIRST country in the world to decide it no longer wants to grind up millions of live baby chicks — the disturbing ‘waste product’ of the worldwide egg industry. It’s the brutal reality of commercial egg production: millions of tiny male chicksground up alive or suffocated […]