NY Times OP-ED Slams Vegan Diet... (Beef worse than SUV)

[Guest guest]

Heather,

 

The radio program was likely referring to the FAO report called " Livestock's

Long Shadow, " and it is not just beef but all terrestrial livestock (chickens,

milk, eggs, goats, etc). Here's the short version:

http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html . The actual report

is over 400 pages.

 

--Allison

 

Heather wrote:

Same here -- I have never heard of it anywhere outside this group! Must

be regional.

 

Are there any Canadians out there who listen to CBC Radio 1 -- I heard a

promo this morning that " It could be that eating beef is worse than

driving an SUV " and it was going to be discussed on the show called The

Current -- but I had to go out and I missed it. I'd love to know what

they actually said!

Heather

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I'm familiar with the report -- I was really wondering what kind of

treatment the information would get from a main-stream news source. I

haven't heard much about the report in the news which astounds me, I'd

think it would be all over the place that going meatless just a day or

two a week would make such a bit environmental impact -- it seems like

such a simple thing to do.

 

And I feel somewhat vindicated when the " mainstream " news starts telling

my friends and family what I've been telling them for ages :-)

Heather

 

Allison Geiger wrote:

>

> Heather,

>

> The radio program was likely referring to the FAO report called

> " Livestock's Long Shadow, " and it is not just beef but all terrestrial

> livestock (chickens, milk, eggs, goats, etc). Here's the short

> version: http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html

> <http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html> . The

> actual report is over 400 pages.

>

> --Allison

>

> Heather wrote:

> Same here -- I have never heard of it anywhere outside this group! Must

> be regional.

>

> Are there any Canadians out there who listen to CBC Radio 1 -- I heard a

> promo this morning that " It could be that eating beef is worse than

> driving an SUV " and it was going to be discussed on the show called The

> Current -- but I had to go out and I missed it. I'd love to know what

> they actually said!

> Heather

>

>

> Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels

> in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit.

>

>