The ‘Dublin Declaration of Scientists’m on the Societal Role of Livestock’, launched at the Irish government agricultural agency Teagasc in October last year and signed by over 1,000 scientists, and was covered by newspapers including the Telegraph and the New York Post, is a short document that argues for the nutritional, environmental and social benefits of meat-eating. It says that livestock is “too precious to society to become the victim of simplification, reductionism or zealotry”.
But hundreds of pages of emails, meeting minutes and other documents obtained through freedom of information requests reveal that the Declaration was written, released and promoted by agribusiness consultants, and has been used by trade groups and lobbyists to oppose green policies in Europe.
I was once one of those people, then I grew up and am now a pescatarian. I definitely believe some of those people can change if they care about anything beyond themselves
I’m very happy to hear that, congrats!
I was ragged on by my meat and potato family for being vegetarian. About 20 years later, my parents told me that I was ahead of everyone. They are now eating differently. Some siblings? They still rag on me even though I literally never bring it up.