One of the thorniest problems of the 21st century is how to get people to eat less meat. A new poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that most U.S. adults said they eat meat at least several times a week.
  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
    373·
    1 year ago

    Depends on where the meat is sourced. For example, the rich are made of meat: eating them would be incredibly beneficial to the environment.

        • AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social
          11·
          1 year ago

          Uh, no. I get that that’s a popular thing to say but it’s just that lots of things that are profitable to use cause cancer. You’re just letting megacorps get away with killing us by repeating their nonsensical propaganda. The WHO has a list - you should look at it.

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      225·
      1 year ago

      What good is it going to do for 1-10% of the world population to give up meat? The rich can burn fossil fuels like they’re a moderate sized nation, but there’s only so much meat a person can eat. Considering that a large portion of global emissions come from eating meat, especially red meat, this is something that actually does make sense for the average person to do. Even more so when you consider the non-climate change advantages of mass reduction in meat eating, like freeing up the amount of land dedicated to raising meat animals or feed for meat animals.

  • raptir@lemdro.idEnglish
    102·
    1 year ago

    found that most U.S. adults said they eat meat at least several times a week.

    There are 21 meals in a typical week. “Several” is defined as more than two. So you could eat vegetarian for 85% of your meals and still be part of this metric.

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      61·
      1 year ago

      They broke it down by type of meat; eating chicken 5 times a week doesn’t have the same climate impact as eating pork 5 times a week.

  • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    72·
    1 year ago

    this article reads like a high school seniors persuasive essay. it’s a gish gallop through half a dozen poorly supported arguments to go vegan. I was hoping it was… news. from the ap.

    what would such a news story say under this headline? how about “recent policy changes and ad campaigns have been shown to reduce emissions in the agriculture sector.”

    not only does it not say this, it is filled paragraph after paragraph with unrelated nonsense to the headline.

    what a disappointment.

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Give up on beef and dairy if you want to start small, just reducing our use of cattle would probably help the most compared to other animals. Just working to replace those two in your diet will still take some time & commitment, but you can at least lean on other meats until you’ve gotten that part of your diet down.

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    Also meat is expensive.

    Chicken is still on the cheap side. But after all the food scares of recalling chicken, I’ve dropped that significantly.

    Adding more veggies isn’t just better for your body. It’s better for your pocket.

  • kandoh@reddthat.com
    01·
    1 year ago

    Yeah, I’m trying to reduce my meat intake. Mostly for moral reasons. It’s hard though, almost every dish I love uses meat and I don’t like any of the alternatives besides just beans.

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been vegetarian for close to 20 years and started in the deep south, so I was used to basically every meal revolving around meat. It’s definitely a big adjustment to cut out 100%.

      Honestly you can get by really well just replacing meat with beans/chickpeas/etc. If you’re really dying for more variety check out TVP (textured vegetable protein). It’s just tofu that’s been crumbled and dehydrated. Since it’s been dehydrated it will absolutely suck up the flavor of anything you soak it in, and the texture in a soup/stew/curry/etc is very unnoticeable.

      Check your store’s Hispanic aisle or your local Hispanic grocery store to get it a bit cheaper. If you don’t like size then soy curls are basically the same thing but larger.