Meat-free days can help the planet
DESIGNATING one day a week meat-free is becoming a global phenomenon. No wonder when the environmental, human health and animal welfare benefits are so substantial.
Climate change is one of our biggest challenges; going meat-free one day a week is something each of us do.
The United Nations says breeding and killing animals for food is responsible for more global greenhouse gas emissions than the transport sector worldwide.
The production of meat and other animal products also uses more land, energy and water than plant-based agriculture.
Kelly Slade
Campaigns Officer
Animal Aid, The Old Chapel, Bradford Street, Tonbridge, Kent
(by email)
Comments
by Paul Harding, Alphington
Sunday, July 26 2009, 6:19AM
“What a good idea, take it the next logical step and become a vegan.
It is well documented that a vegan diet has many benefits to health, reduction in blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels to name a couple.
Many people would find a vegan diet to too intrusive on their way of life, so designating one day a week meat-free is a step in the right direction
A reduction in the consumption of animal based produces can result in better health levels and at the same time a reduction in the emission of global warming gases.
I agree with FWK from Crediton that one suggestion to designate Monday as that day does not make sense for those who enjoy a Sunday roast.
Substituting fish products for red meat can be just as damaging to the planet especially if farmed fish is chosen with up to four times the weight of wild fish being fed to farmed fish to produce the same quantity. What a waste of natural resources.”