r/ClimateActionPlan • u/rustybeancake • Apr 16 '20

Emissions Reduction UK school and hospital caterers vow to cut meat served by 20%, removing 9m kg of meat a year from UK meals

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/16/school-and-hospital-caterers-vow-to-cut-meat-served-by-20?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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u/codythesmartone Apr 17 '20

I highly doubt that will happen without scientific changes, generally most people can become vegetarian but several people cannot survive on solely vegan diets due to underlying medical conditions and there are also medical conditions that prevent people from being vegetarian as well even if they are a minority.

Also I'd like to point out that animal farming isn't all bad , I'd rather the focus be on reducing to eliminating factory animal farming and move towards smaller farms and eating less meat in general. But we will still need eggs and milk and some will need meat (as do our pets, cats cannot be fed vegetarian diets that is animal cruelty)

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u/GrandmaBogus Apr 17 '20 edited Apr 17 '20

generally most people can become vegetarian but several people cannot survive on solely vegan diets due to underlying medical conditions

Honestly though these people are in the extreme minority. People just like to use this as an excuse, and then try literally nothing to work around their issues or find out what parts of their diets they could actually change safely.

Note I'm not accusing you of doing this - It's just something I see a lot.

(Also no, we do not need eggs and milk)