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<blockquote data-quote="delilah" data-source="post: 7660420" data-attributes="member: 76758"><p><em>NFU Press Release</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The National Farmers Union have slammed a report calling for a cut in meat consumption, pointing out that it is based on flawed science and will do more environmental harm than good.</em></p><p><em>The National Food Strategy, written by Henry Dimbleby, calls for a 30% cut in meat consumption, saying that the methane from cows causes climate change. </em></p><p><em>"Mr Dimbleby needs to go up in his loft and find his school science books" says NFU President Minette Batters. "Methane burped by cows is a natural part of the carbon cycle, it makes no contribution to manmade greenhouse gas emissions". </em></p><p><em>"If Mr Dimbleby had commissioned the UK's leading scientists to come up with a machine to convert nature's bounty into nutritious food with minimal environmental impact, they would come up with the cow". </em></p><p><em>"If we cut cow numbers grassland will revert to scrub or be ploughed up, meaning less carbon capture and increased climate change"</em></p><p><em>"Climate change is caused not by cows but by the burning of fossil fuels. It is the food chain that Mr Dimbleby needs to focus his attention on, as that is where damage is being caused by our globalized food system. It is the supermarkets, not farmers, who need to change."</em></p><p><em>" If consumers wish to help the planet they should eat locally produced meat, and as much of it as they wish, safe in the knowledge that they are cutting emissions and maintaining the British countryside we all cherish" </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>ENDS</em></p><p></p><p>At which point I woke up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delilah, post: 7660420, member: 76758"] [I]NFU Press Release The National Farmers Union have slammed a report calling for a cut in meat consumption, pointing out that it is based on flawed science and will do more environmental harm than good. The National Food Strategy, written by Henry Dimbleby, calls for a 30% cut in meat consumption, saying that the methane from cows causes climate change. "Mr Dimbleby needs to go up in his loft and find his school science books" says NFU President Minette Batters. "Methane burped by cows is a natural part of the carbon cycle, it makes no contribution to manmade greenhouse gas emissions". "If Mr Dimbleby had commissioned the UK's leading scientists to come up with a machine to convert nature's bounty into nutritious food with minimal environmental impact, they would come up with the cow". "If we cut cow numbers grassland will revert to scrub or be ploughed up, meaning less carbon capture and increased climate change" "Climate change is caused not by cows but by the burning of fossil fuels. It is the food chain that Mr Dimbleby needs to focus his attention on, as that is where damage is being caused by our globalized food system. It is the supermarkets, not farmers, who need to change." " If consumers wish to help the planet they should eat locally produced meat, and as much of it as they wish, safe in the knowledge that they are cutting emissions and maintaining the British countryside we all cherish" ENDS[/I] At which point I woke up. [/QUOTE]
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