The below has been put together by the TFF collective, putting it on a new thread so that the final version is easily accessible.
Anyone in support, please copy and paste to the editor of your local newspaper or any mainstream publications you know of. Likewise (after 1 Jan) copy to any social media you take part in. @Chris F has kindly offered to circulate around all the media TFF has access to.
Thanks everyone, happy farming for 2020
Press Release
The Farming Forum
Embargoed until 1/1/2020
A 2020 vision for food and farming.
Britain's farmers are urging the public to ‘see the bigger picture’ when it comes to the environmental impact of agriculture.
With concerns about the food we should eat at an all-time high, many people are questioning what sort of diet they should follow to protect the environment. In response to these concerns, members of The Farming Forum are offering the following advice:
- The diet that is kindest to the planet is a local one with minimal food miles, so reducing the pollution and congestion associated with the long-distance haulage of food. By eating British you can enjoy a balanced diet, complete with meat and dairy, safe in the knowledge that it has been produced to the highest environmental standards with a minimal carbon footprint.
- Livestock play a crucial role in an environment friendly food system. Cattle and sheep produce natural fertilizer, utilize land on which crops cannot be grown, and turn food not making the grade for human consumption into nutritious meat and milk.
- The highly processed foodstuffs being presented as alternatives to meat and dairy are damaging to the environment at every stage. The production of the raw ingredients involves the destruction of natural ecosystems, the transportation of these ingredients around the planet consumes vast amounts of fuel, and the manufacturing process then consumes yet more fuel and electricity as well as generating a mountain of packaging waste.
- It is important to understand that the money behind many of the industrially produced meat alternatives is coming from international investors with little concern for the environment. Their only motive is profit, to be made through control of the food you eat. As consumers we all have a choice; support these global corporations , or support Britain’s farmers who have a vested interest in maintaining a sustainable environment.
See the bigger picture, and make it your New Year resolution to Eat British for 2020.
ENDS
Note to editors: With over 40,000 members, The Farming Forum is the UK’s premier meeting place for all those with an interest in the rural economy. www.thefarmingforum.co.uk
For detailed facts and statistics to support the above, simply start a thread on TFF and the evidence will be produced quicker than you can say “Veganuary”.
Anyone in support, please copy and paste to the editor of your local newspaper or any mainstream publications you know of. Likewise (after 1 Jan) copy to any social media you take part in. @Chris F has kindly offered to circulate around all the media TFF has access to.
Thanks everyone, happy farming for 2020
Press Release
The Farming Forum
Embargoed until 1/1/2020
A 2020 vision for food and farming.
Britain's farmers are urging the public to ‘see the bigger picture’ when it comes to the environmental impact of agriculture.
With concerns about the food we should eat at an all-time high, many people are questioning what sort of diet they should follow to protect the environment. In response to these concerns, members of The Farming Forum are offering the following advice:
- The diet that is kindest to the planet is a local one with minimal food miles, so reducing the pollution and congestion associated with the long-distance haulage of food. By eating British you can enjoy a balanced diet, complete with meat and dairy, safe in the knowledge that it has been produced to the highest environmental standards with a minimal carbon footprint.
- Livestock play a crucial role in an environment friendly food system. Cattle and sheep produce natural fertilizer, utilize land on which crops cannot be grown, and turn food not making the grade for human consumption into nutritious meat and milk.
- The highly processed foodstuffs being presented as alternatives to meat and dairy are damaging to the environment at every stage. The production of the raw ingredients involves the destruction of natural ecosystems, the transportation of these ingredients around the planet consumes vast amounts of fuel, and the manufacturing process then consumes yet more fuel and electricity as well as generating a mountain of packaging waste.
- It is important to understand that the money behind many of the industrially produced meat alternatives is coming from international investors with little concern for the environment. Their only motive is profit, to be made through control of the food you eat. As consumers we all have a choice; support these global corporations , or support Britain’s farmers who have a vested interest in maintaining a sustainable environment.
See the bigger picture, and make it your New Year resolution to Eat British for 2020.
ENDS
Note to editors: With over 40,000 members, The Farming Forum is the UK’s premier meeting place for all those with an interest in the rural economy. www.thefarmingforum.co.uk
For detailed facts and statistics to support the above, simply start a thread on TFF and the evidence will be produced quicker than you can say “Veganuary”.
