Sources for meat consumption in Uk during last 4yrs.

[daveydiesel1]

you must haved missed the thread "Farmer Roys random thoughts" might take you a few weeks to catch up!!

Yes iv seen it but never went into read any of it as way to many posts to ever make a start

 

[Bogweevil]

From 2008 to 2019, average meat consumption per capita per day decreased from 103·7 g (SE 2·3) to 86·3 g (2·9) per day (ptrend<0·0001), including an absolute reduction in red-meat consumption of 13·7 g (ptrend<0·0001), an absolute reduction in processed meat consumption of 7·0 g (ptrend<0·0001), and a 3·2 g increase (ptrend=0·0027) in white-meat consumption.

The two middle birth-year groups (people born in 1960–79 and 1980–99) and White individuals were the highest meat consumers. Meat intake increased over time among people born after 1999, was unchanged among Asian and Asian British populations, and decreased in all other population subgroups. We found no difference in intake with gender or household income.

Trends in UK meat consumption: analysis of data from years 1–11 (2008–09 to 2018–19) of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey rolling programme

Despite the overall reduction in meat intake, reaching meat-consumption targets that align with sustainable diets will require a substantial acceleration of this trend.

www.thelancet.com

 

[SteveHants]

I think, as stated that people are consuming less meat. However, it would be wrong to blame this on them becoming vegan - veganisim is up from 250,000 in the early 2000s to about 600,000 people in the UK. But the UK has a population of 67 million so they are pretty insignificant.

 

[Barleycorn]

I have been thinking about micro plastics from the clothes I wear, so just bought myself a Swanndri hoodie, the only thing is, it is far too expensive to wear on the farm! But somehow, we should be factoring in the micro plastic pollution from the £20 hoodies into the cost. I have read that the majority of micro plastic pollution comes from washing synthetic clothes, that should be big open goal to wool.

Yet I see the high end car manufacturers such as Tesla and Volvo are using 'vegan leather', what we used to call plastic seats in the seventies! Of course it will all eventually finish up in landfill and take a 1000 years to decompose, whilst leather can be composted. The great and the good really are green!

 

[Red Fred]

Yet I see the high end car manufacturers such as Tesla and Volvo are using 'vegan leather', what we used to call plastic seats in the seventies! Of course it will all eventually finish up in landfill and take a 1000 years to decompose, whilst leather can be composted. The great and the good really are green!

I seem to remember they used to use Leatherette in old BMC Vanden plas etc. Everyone used to just call them "leather seats" all the same. Mum had a couple of ancient chairs she thought were worth a fortune, but when I showed them to a restorer, he said they were just Edwardian leatherette and not worth repairing. You could see the fabric weave where they were worn after he pointed it out.. i have a feeling it was related to lino.

 

[br jones]

my mate the butcher said demand for good quality local meat is in high demand and sells out immediatly

 

[spin cycle]

mustard for beef....mint for lamb.....apple for pork......ketchup for everything

if the entire population of china eat 1 extra 'quaterpounder' /yr.....thats 233k/tonnes.....don't worry

 

[delilah]

So they have made inroads in the minds of young and impresionable .We have a battle here the minds of the next generation they are being poisoned against our product.

And what do we do ?
Spend our money on an advert that belongs in the 1950's. In the halftime break for Corrie. A pot roast. FFS. It is difficult to find the words to describe just how utterly clueless we are with all this.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=590912225473498

 

[delilah]

As said on TFF before , a lot of the school teachers are becoming a big problem as regards influencing children to eat a vegan diet,

And that's the teachers fault is it ?

 

[SteveHants]

See my earlier post - not even a single percent of the population is vegan. All we do by getting all hysterical about their existence is:
A) Give them free publicity
B) Make ourselves look mildly hysterical
And
C) Give people reasons to go vegan - farmers ain't very good at endearing themselves to the general public (see every thread on here that discusses the general public since....ever)

 

[delilah]

I'm not getting hysterical. I'm just questioning why we are spending our money targeting our parents whilst it is our kids who are stuffing their faces with Linda McCartney, sh!t chicken and foreign muck like pasta.

 

[SteveHants]

As seen on my dinner, just now

 

[SteveHants]

I'm not getting hysterical. I'm just questioning why we are spending our money targeting our parents whilst it is our kids who are stuffing their faces with Linda McCartney, sh!t chicken and foreign muck like pasta.

But surely you've noticed "slight" vegan hysteria on social media, no?

Plays right into the vegetablists hands

Also: foreign muck like pasta? Now who's out of touch?

 

[devonbeef]

And what do we do ?
Spend our money on an advert that belongs in the 1950's. In the halftime break for Corrie. A pot roast. FFS. It is difficult to find the words to describe just how utterly clueless we are with all this.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=590912225473498

maybe i am missing something, but why is it not any good the add, to me that pot roast look s lovely, i would,nt mind that for tea tonight. It stating the products good for you, has a young girl enjoying her glass of milk.While it be shown that it comes from a product produced naturally.What more can you say?

 

[delilah]

Also: foreign muck like pasta? Now who's out of touch?

Yes, sorry, that was tongue in cheek. Slightly.

 

[delilah]

maybe i am missing something, but why is it not any good the add, to me that pot roast look s lovely, i would,nt mind that for tea tonight. It stating the products good for you, has a young girl enjoying her glass of milk.While it be shown that it comes from a product produced naturally.What more can you say?

It is preaching to the converted. About the only thing we are good at.

 

[SteveHants]

Yes, sorry, that was tongue in cheek. Slightly.

I had rice and some foreign spices with last nights dinner ("Spanish style" UK chicken with peppers and garlic grown by me, UK onions, chorizo).

Must remember to spend time in my hair shirt later.

 

[delilah]

Oh I love a curry. I just worry slightly that youngest is in a house of 4 and none of them peel a potato from one week to the next. Maybe it doesn't matter, who knows, but they do put an awful lot of processed carp away.

 

[SteveHants]

Oh I love a curry. I just worry slightly that youngest is in a house of 4 and none of them peel a potato from one week to the next. Maybe it doesn't matter, who knows, but they do put an awful lot of processed carp away.

The humble white potato has been rather unfairly maligned by the fitness and nutrition industry and people have been encouraged to eat the sweet potato instead.

I think its time for the spud fight back!

(when I was in a shared house as a youngster, the microwave jacket was a staple)

 

[kiwi pom]

It is preaching to the converted. About the only thing we are good at.

I didn't realise anyone watched live TV anymore, not being able to fast forward the adds means I don't watch.
Do you not think there's value in advertising to the old folk that still watch though?
How do you advertise anything other than burgers to younger people and where?