HBO Vice

[vinny11950]

Hey, if you have access to HBO, there is a great new episode of Vice (currently my favorite in depth news show) covering the amount of meat we consume and how it affects our environment, and how potable water is now running low in so many places.

(broken link removed to http://www.hbo.com/vice/episodes/04/41-meathooked-and-end-of-water/index.html)

 

[begreen]

The meat industry is a major environmental hit. It may be man's largest global impact. Made the decision 45 yrs ago to keep my meat consumption low. Now I am no longer vegetarian, but try to only eat meat produced locally, mostly fish and chicken and only 2-3 times a week.
http://science.time.com/2013/12/16/...vironmental-impact-of-global-meat-production/

 

[woodgeek]

I've reduced my beef consumption to 1-2 times a week or less. Not righteous though given that I eat a lot of dairy...

I have a ways to go to be a 'climatarian' eater.

 

[vinny11950]

Growing up in the 70s and 80s, I remember having beef once a week only, and sometimes we would skip it. It definitely was an item on the more expensive scale of the grocery shopping list. And having a burger at a Diner was a treat. Somewhere in the recent past beef has become ubiquitous in the food menus.

 

[Cynnergy]

Food is so difficult to be informed about because it is so complicated and variable in how it's produced, transported, etc.

Is locally produced dairy milk better or worse than almond milk produced in California? And what do you measure to determine what is better? Carbon emissions, water consumption, pesticide use, loss of biodiversity?

My goal is to grow/fish/hunt as much as I can myself, but I'm not there yet and convenience food is very convenient sometimes...