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andyscollick.bsky.social • 137 days ago

Still eating bacon and pork sausages? Then you helped do this.

For their sakes, go plant-based. It's easy. It's healthier. It's a climate action. And it's better for your conscience.

Reposted from Gavin Sheridan

'Open carcass dump' found at large pig farm in Longford

www.thejournal.ie/pig-farm-ins...

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timash.bsky.social•137 days ago

We only buy meat from our local butcher, and we know where his animals are reared, slaughtered, and how the meat gets to the shop.

Our dog likes the free offal we get, too.

annieleymarie.bsky.social•137 days ago

'Buying local' won't reduce the climate & biodiversity impacts of meat (and producing livestock intensively is actually more efficient, if more cruel). Nor the direct impacts on your health (see https://bsky.app/profile/annieleymarie.bsky.social/post/3lgzu2qtnrs2q)
https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local

shubbardo.bsky.social•136 days ago

You don't even need to cut meat out entirely to make a big impact. For heavy meat eaters just getting over the idea of 'it's not a real meal without meat' will mean significant reduction in consumption and all the associated benefits

annieleymarie.bsky.social•136 days ago

Any reduction is good, but the less meat, dairy, eggs, fish, the better for the climate, the environment and public health. It's also cheaper: https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/sustainable-diets/127464/. So good to show correct facts, so that people can make informed decicions. Taste buds can adapt fast!

annieleymarie.bsky.social•136 days ago

I read "we don't need to cut out meat completely to make an impact" again and again. But we wouldn't say that about tobacco smoking, for instance: we explain the impacts and it becomes obvious that cutting down as much as possible, preferably entirely, is best!

andyscollick.bsky.social•136 days ago

Absolutely. And if sustainable plant-based farming was subsidised and supported in the same manner as dairy- and flesh-based farming is today, farmers, farming families and rural communities would be much, much more safe and sustainable in the future.