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23h ago
Drop is a result of reduced land clearing and greater vegetation regrowth, but experts say land clearing in Queensland may be significantly underreported
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The Australian red meat industry has recorded a 78% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions since 2005 due to reduced rates of land clearing and increased forest regrowth, a report commissioned by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has found.
The report, released on Thursday, found that net greenhouse gas emissions from the ..read more
The Guardian | Meat Industry
4d ago
Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide among the 371m lb of pollutants released by just 41 plants in five years
Tyson Foods dumped millions of pounds of toxic pollutants directly into American rivers and lakes over the last five years, threatening critical ecosystems, endangering wildlife and human health, a new investigation reveals.
Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide were among the 371m lb of pollutants released into waterways by just 41 Tyson slaughterhouses and mega processing plants between 2018 and 2022 ..read more
The Guardian | Meat Industry
2w ago
Trade bodies say ongoing confusion about when checks will come in is ‘incredibly challenging’
UK to delay start of health and safety checks on EU imports
Businesses have described Britain’s Brexit border plans as being in “complete disarray” after it emerged the introduction of some checks on EU imports will be delayed.
Post-Brexit border rules, due to come into force on 30 April, will require many meat, dairy and plant products from the EU to be physically checked at government border control posts (BCPs ..read more
The Guardian | Meat Industry
3w ago
Livestock bosses celebrate outcome at online summit, while critics condemn failure to tackle meat and dairy consumption
Lobbyists for the world’s biggest meat companies have lauded a better than expected outcome at Cop28, which they say left them “excited” and “enthusiastic” for their industry’s prospects.
US livestock bosses reflected on the conference’s implication for their sector on a virtual panel, fresh from “sharing US agriculture’s story” at the climate summit in December.
Campaigners and climate scientists had hoped the summit, which was billed as a “Food Cop” because of its focus on ..read more
The Guardian | Meat Industry
1M ago
CAP scheme, which pays more to farms that occupy more land, drives ‘perverse outcomes for a food transition’, says study
The EU has made polluting diets “artificially cheap” by pumping four times more money into farming animals than growing plants, research has found.
More than 80% of the public money given to farmers through the EU’s common agriculture policy (CAP) went to animal products in 2013 despite the damage they do to society, according to a study in Nature Food. Factoring in animal feed doubled the subsidies that were embodied in a kilogram of beef, the meat with the biggest environm ..read more
The Guardian | Meat Industry
1M ago
Academic experts also criticise UN Food and Agriculture Organization for dismissing alternative proteins
The omission of meat-eating reduction from proposals in a UN roadmap to tackle the climate crisis and end hunger is “bewildering”, according to academic experts.
The group also criticised the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s report for “dismissing” the potential of alternative proteins, such as plant-based meat, to reduce the impact of livestock on the environment ..read more
The Guardian | Meat Industry
1M ago
Financiers providing billion-dollar support for industrial livestock companies to expand leading to unsustainable rise in production
Billion-dollar financing is driving unsustainable increases in global meat and dairy production, a report has found.
Global meat production rose 9% between 2015 and 2021, the report said, while dairy production increased 13% in that time ..read more
The Guardian | Meat Industry
1M ago
Fancy a plate of fangers and mash? Some researchers say python farms on a commercial scale could provide sustainable alternative protein
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Dr Daniel Natusch has eaten python in almost every way imaginable.
“I’ve had it barbecued. I’ve had it in satay skewers. I’ve had it in curries. I’ve had it with Indigenous people in the wilds of the Malaysian jungle,” he said.
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The Guardian | Meat Industry
1M ago
Official estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics put the national herd at 26 million but a University of Queensland study says there could be up to 35 million
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Australia has underestimated how many cattle it has by about 10 million, with significant implications for tracking greenhouse gas emissions, a Queensland researcher has said.
Cows’ methane-laden burps are responsible for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions emitted by the red meat sector, which has an aspi ..read more
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2M ago
Campaigners say decision against Danish Crown, Europe’s largest pork producer, sends resounding message
Europe’s largest pork producer misled customers with its “climate-controlled pork” campaign, Denmark’s high court has ruled in the country’s first climate lawsuit.
Campaigners argued that Danish Crown greenwashed its meat with round, pink stickers on its packaging that said pigs were “climate-controlled”, along with a marketing campaign that claimed its pork was “more climate-friendly than you think ..read more