‘We need answers’: why are people living near Dutch goat farms getting sick?
A decade on, another zoonotic disease risk is worrying Dutch goat farmers and scientists, as studies by public health and veterinary experts have linked human cases of pneumonia to goat farms.
The Covid-19 pandemic shows we must transform the global food system
It was bats. Or pangolins. To hear common narratives about the origins of Covid-19, there is a simple causal relationship between China’s consumption of wild animals and the coronavirus ravaging the globe.
‘Let’s get rid of friggin’ cows’ says creator of plant-based ‘bleeding burger’
Patrick Brown is on a mission: to eradicate the meat and fish industries by 2035. The CEO of Impossible Foods, a California-based company that makes genetically engineered plant-based meat, is deadly serious. No more commercial livestock farming or fishing. No more steak, fish and chips or roast dinners, at least not as you know them.
Meat Atlas: It’s time to rethink what we eat
“Industrial meat production is not only responsible for precarious working conditions, it also pushes people off their land, leads to deforestation, biodiversity loss and the use of pesticides — and is also one of the main drivers of the climate crisis.”
Forests almost twice the size of UK destroyed in global hotspots – WWF report
Forests covering an area nearly twice the size of the UK were destroyed across global hotspots in just 13 years, a report from wildlife charity WWF has found. Much of the destruction was driven by demand for land for livestock and to grow crops such as soy, which is used in animal feed in the UK.
Organic meat production just as bad for climate, study finds
The cost of the climate damage caused by organic meat production is just as high as that of conventionally farmed meat, according to research.
Soybeans that feed animals destroy forests
Japan imported 190,802,000 tons of soybean meal (soybean meal) from Brazil in 2017 and 357,215,000 tons in 2018 * 12. It becomes feed. Furthermore, considering that Japan imports about half of chicken from overseas (especially Brazil), there is no doubt that indirect consumption of soybeans in Japan = consumption of livestock products is also accelerating this deforestation.
UK health professions call for climate tax on meat
A powerful coalition of the UK’s health professions says the climate crisis cannot be solved without action to cut the consumption of food that causes high emissions, such as red meat and dairy products. But it says that more sustainable diets are also healthier and would reduce illness.
Global food production emissions ‘would put Paris agreement out of reach’
Our diets and agricultural production around the world are so carbon-intensive that emissions from the global food system alone would be enough to put the Paris climate goals out of reach, even if all the other major sources of emissions were closed down, research has shown.
Animal Agriculture Costs More In Health Damage Than It Contributes To The Economy
U.S. farms cost the economy more in health and environmental damage than they contribute to the economy, according to a recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (PNAS).
Does being vegan make you a better footballer?
Some of the world’s best footballers have been associated with a vegan diet during the playing season: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Manchester City’s Sergio Agüero to name just two. Other players, such as striker Jermaine Defoe and midfielder Chloe Arthur, have tried following a vegan diet year round. But, what does the science tell us?
22 foreign celebrities reveal why “I became vegan”
For health. For animals. For Mother Earth. Many people became vegan after reading “Eating Animal: The Challenges of American Factory Livestock.”
Intensive animal farming is the ‘single most risky human behaviour’ for pandemics – new report
There is a fundamental and often-overlooked connection between pandemics such as the current Covid-19 crisis and our animal-based food system, said a major new report published recently.
10 things you should know about industrial farming
Decades of industrial farming have taken a heavy toll on the environment and raised some serious concerns about the future of food production. “Efficient farming is not just a matter of production,” says James Lomax, a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Programme Manager. “It is also about environmental sustainability, public health and economic inclusivity.”