Food Politics Post - Be green and healthy: eat less meat?

July 21, 2010

"How can food producers become more sustainable?  Use less meat in their products. Rita Jane Gabbett writes today on Meatingplace.com, a meat industry site, about a talk given by Cheryl Baldwin of Green Seal at a recent meeting of the Institute for Food Technologists. She told Meatingplace that meat producers should better understand 'the production methods used to feed and raise animals, making sure they are treated humanely and looking for ways to reduce the carbon footprint of processing methods.'  She also said that 'grass-fed animals created a lower carbon footprint than those that were grain fed.' One can only imagine the reaction of meat producers to her comments...."

http://www.foodpolitics.com/2010/07/be-green-and-healthy-eat-less-meat/