[TV] BBC Meat - A threat to our planet?

[Dr Bandler]

In the US there is no longer an official definition of grass fed so it's all about marketing. Give'em a bit of grass, stick a grass-fed label on the pack and wait for the dollars to roll in.

Which is really bad. It has to be 100% grass fed to get the health benefits. Some farmers start with grass and switch to grain in the last part before slaughter. Nonsense.

 

[kjgood]

Vegetables have rights too!! I seem to remember a study that proved that carrots do a sort of a electrical scream when they were pulled out of the ground. Imagine what happens when you cut your lawn.

 

[Superphil]

Is our meat a threat anyway? And apparently we import so little, how is it a problem?

"This week’s BBC 1 programme, ‘Meat: A Threat to our Planet’ gave an unbalanced and inaccurate view of the environmental challenges facing livestock production, potentially misleading UK consumers about how their meat is produced. By concentrating on the issue at a global scale, it failed to show the positives which sustainable production in the UK offers over the systems featured.

It also failed to note that, in 2018, UK beef imports from Brazil made up just one per cent of our beef imports, so the majority of what consumers here purchase does not come from the farming systems featured which deplete the rainforests.

The programme focused heavily on intensive farming practices in the US and South America. Little or no time was given to the other side of the debate and the significant efforts of UK agriculture to reduce our environmental impact. The UK industry did not have a voice in the programme, despite being produced and aired on a terrestrial station to a UK audience."

Continued here: https://www.qmscotland.co.uk/news/o...d-hcc-airing-‘meat-threat-our-planet’-bbc-one

 

[Mr Putdown]

Is our meat a threat anyway? And apparently we import so little, how is it a problem?

Not sure where you get that idea from, the UK currently imports around 35 per cent of the beef and veal it consumes. (around 250,000 tonnes annually).

 

[Superphil]

Not sure where you get that idea from, the UK currently imports around 35 per cent of the beef and veal it consumes. (around 250,000 tonnes annually).

You see, I read the article, and watched the tv show, and I read the article you quoted from. The implication on the show was that the UK imports bags of beef from the areas of the world that farm in a way that causes the problems. it doesn't, it imports less than 5% from those countries, the vast majority is from Ireland, and 90% of what we import is from Europe.

 

[Mr Putdown]

You see, I read the article, and watched the tv show, and I read the article you quoted from. The implication on the show was that the UK imports bags of beef from the areas of the world that farm in a way that causes the problems. it doesn't, it imports less than 5% from those countries, the vast majority is from Ireland, and 90% of what we import is from Europe.

Thanks for the explanation, your comment now makes sense.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I like meat.

I look at myself. Then I look at China. And I look at India and Brazil.

Then I eat a bit of meat. Then I look up to see what I've done to the ozone layer.

Then I see Boris on TV. He's a fat ****. Meat?

Then I see we have an election. And I see there is a 60% majority for a tory here last time.

Let's cut to the chase.....

(you can guess the rest).

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Should we stop eating meat?
Probably yes

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[Dr Bandler]

Should we stop eating meat?
Probably yes

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Interesting slant on things.

https://www.marksdailyapple.com/the...jb20iLCAia2xfY29tcGFueV9pZCI6ICJRYXpIV3oifQ==

At least we should try to take in all of the viewpoints.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

I've just had one of the nicest burgers from sainsbury's VIV ERA PLANT STEAK just like meat

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[Tokyohands]

Is meat a threat to the planet?
No, humans are.

 

[Palacefinder General]

I've just had one of the nicest burgers from sainsbury's VIV ERA PLANT STEAK just like meat

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Ex-Arsenal stalwart Patrick Vivera is up there with Linda Mac for making amazing stuff, these delicious cheeky little monkeys are unanimously praised for their ‘meaty’ texture and taste:

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/try-vegan-this-january/vivera-veggie-bites-200g

 

[symyjym]

I've just had one of the nicest burgers from sainsbury's VIV ERA PLANT STEAK just like meat

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Yep, I pretty much stick to a non meat eating diet but every now and then I need a fast food burger. The Beyond Meat brand burger left me feeling more satisfied than a real burger because not only did it taste as good, if not better, my conscience didn't kick in half way through. The Impossible brand burger is supposed to be very good too.

Any meat craving I had before is now satisfied without eating meat.