As part of The Conversation from RTÉ's Upfront with Katie Hannon, we asked two people to join our WhatsApp group to discuss Ireland's meat consumption and production
There is"no doubt whatsoever" that there will be"big changes" in diet arising from climate change and cost of living pressures according to President Michael D Higgins.
The world's population has doubled since we joined the EU in 1973. Our national herd has been stable for those 50 years but because of increased farm efficiency our output has risen substantially. In terms of diet, meat and dairy have been shown to be damaging to our health, for example, in Ireland, close to 5,000 diet-related deaths could be avoided according to Dr Martin Springmann from Oxford University.
The increased risk of breast cancer from eating cheese is so high that medical professionals in the US want warnings put on cheese products.A study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , synthesized results from 19 recent dose–response metanalyses to determine how five health outcomes — incidences of colorectal cancer, CHD, type II diabetes, and stroke, as well as risk of total mortality — were impacted by consuming an additional serving of each type of food per day.
Dr Laura Kehoe What I'm saying is our current food system is completely broken. There has been a 73% reduction in domestic fruit and vegetable production since 1961 and a 14% reduction since 2010. Dr Laura Kehoe Because of the shocking environmental impact of animal agriculture, the Citizens' Assembly on biodiversity loss calls for a switch to a more plant-based diet. This is what happens when the public learns of the atrocities of this industry.
Dr Laura Kehoe The Citizens Assembly is a representation of the Irish public. Plus, I haven't even mentioned the physical cruelty - the way sows are confined in cages too small for them to be able to turn around, male chicks being ground up alive, broiler hens routinely boiled alive, calves born as their mothers are being slaughtered.
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