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The UN Urges a Vegan World

Posted on Jun 09, 2010 by Scott James.

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What will the projected 9.1 billion people on Earth by 2050 eat? Are animal products a generation or two away from a stigma like smoking cigarettes? Last year Lord Nicolas Stern, a former adviser to the British government on the economics of climate change, said the world would be better off if we all ate vegetarian. Now, a UN report on climate change says that agriculture is as much of a danger with the rising population as fossil fuel consumption. The report says a substantial shift away from animal products is critical to address world hunger and the worst of climate change. The recommendations will be tough to swallow in the West, where meat and dairy are prevalent- and unsustainable, according to the report.
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Vegetarianism and the Environment

Posted on Apr 02, 2010 by Zachary Shahan.

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As a vegetarian who believes that living a vegetarian life is more of a moral or spiritual issue than anything else, it is something I don’t often bring up in discussion with others.

However, I have seen so many stories and studies about its link to widespread environmental problems lately, I felt impelled to write about it a bit myself.

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Britain Brings New Climate Change Recommendations on Meat to the Table

Posted on Dec 02, 2009 by Scott James.

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Governments around the world are issuing varying calls related to sustainability, but most of them focus on political and financial issues. Typically, governments don’t get involved in making food recommendations, but Andy Burnham, Britain’s Health Secretary is embracing the web that links food, sustainability, and personal health. Calling climate change a “very real and present danger” to health, he has issued an official government recommendation that Britons eat a third less meat.
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Artificial, Engineered Soggy Meat Grown in Netherlands Lab

Posted on Nov 30, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.

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Engineered food has just taken another move towards science fiction: artificial meat. Researchers in the Netherlands have grown what they describe as “soggy pork” in a laboratory and believe it will be available for human consumption in about five years. The artificial meat was grown from the live muscle tissue of a pig.
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World’s Largest Meat Exporter Pledges No Cattle from Deforested Amazon Areas

Posted on Oct 06, 2009 by Derek Markham.

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The world’s largest exporter of meat products announced that it has pledged to no longer purchase cattle raised in deforested areas of the Amazon after September 23, 2009. The company, JBS-Friboi, is also one of the largest companies in Brazil, which makes their decision very prominent to other businesses and sets a standard for other sustainability efforts in South America.
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