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World Bank’s climate plan: Pricier red meat and dairy, cheaper chicken and veggies
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Red meat for the rich, white meat for the poor.
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Honestly, it makes sense. Something's gotta give or we're all fucked. We should already be eating less red meat and dairy anyway since they're less healthy than white meat and milk alternatives - adding the economic incentive would be a push in the right direction to be healthier and more eco-friendly.
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I cant wait for some conservative idiot to spin this in the worst possible way. Mixed in with some lies, whataubout-isms and straw-mans for a delicious disinformation-coktail!
Florida has already started the "they're coming for our meat" with the lab grown meat ban if you haven't seen.
In Europe soy milk can't legally be called milk anymore. It's Soy Drink on the packaging. The farmers won that one. Now they're coming after vegi burgers allowed to be called burgers.
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As a bonus it's much healthier. Win win. Though a large portion of the population won't see it that way.
may be turned into a culture war battle
May be? Bit optimistic, don't you think?
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Me "not eating pork" is already a political statement to my mom's side of the family and has been for a at least a decade. A government body recommending less beef? The horror!
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
In a new paper, the international financial lender suggests repurposing the billions rich countries spend to boost CO2-rich products like red meat and dairy for more climate-friendly options like poultry, fruits and vegetables.
The politically touchy recommendation — sure to make certain conservatives and European countries apoplectic — is one of several suggestions the World Bank offers to cut climate-harming pollution from the agricultural and food sectors, which are responsible for nearly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions.
According to the report, countries must funnel $260 billion each year into those sectors to get serious about erasing their emissions by 2050 — a common goal for developed economies.
Governments can partly plug the gap by reorienting subsidies for red meat and dairy products toward lower-carbon alternatives, the World Bank says.
The switch is one of the most cost-effective ways for wealthy countries — estimated to generate roughly 20 percent of the world’s agri-food emissions — to reduce demand for highly polluting food, it argues.
Food is an "intensely personal choice," he added, saying he fears that what should be a data-based debate may be turned into a culture war battle.
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Sounds good to me, I love chicken and veggies!
Same! Well, TBH chicken often tastes gross to me (grew up with a parent that thought 'boil it in maybe-salted water' was the way to go). But there's plenty of non-beef options! Tofu, turkey, textured vegetable protein, it's all good. (TVP's great for things like sauces, where you just need the texture of ground beef, but the other flavors would drown it out anyway). Even a peanut butter and jelly sandwich makes for an easy work lunches.
TBH chicken often tastes gross to me (grew up with a parent that thought 'boil it in maybe-salted water' was the way to go).
Funny, this is why most people hate veggies
Yeah, my parents took this approach with veggies too. Luckily it didn't put me off completely, but I can certainly see how it could.
It's a shame how many of my parent's generation just don't know how to cook anything that isn't boil it in a pot until it's soft - it isn't like the other, tastier methods are difficult or take longer either.
I also suspect an overexposure to canned veggies is also to blame. Canned veggies can be soggy-gross. I really like frozen veggies, though. They fill the same "lasts nearly forever" niche, but with a better texture.
Oh, and kale can go stuff itself. Kale and collard greens are the only two leafy greens I just can't stand.
Canned green beans are great. I love them mushy, hate them crunchy. No idea why.
Frozen veggies are good, but they don't always cook the same. Frozen Brussels sprouts fry up great, but I tried roasting them on the grill last night and they just turned mushy. Not sure if it was them or me, but I've done fresh ones on the grill just fine.
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Ground turkey is actually a surprisingly good ground beef substitute in a number of dishes.
We use ground turkey almost all the time over ground beef. It's great in chili, tacos, meat sauce, lasagna, etc. The only time I use ground beef anymore is when I get it free from my folks (they always support a local 4h kid and purchase part of a cow).
We've been using ground turkey instead of ground beef for couple of years now, never had a dish where I missed the beef.
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Grilled, baked, and fried are all good ways to try chicken but boiled? Damn, no thanks.
TIL some people never heard of poached chicken. It's great if you poach it in really strong stock, comes out really moist. Great for shredding or chunks in salad
I think the important bit is "maybe-salted water". My same parent didn't like garlic, so I didn't get exposed to it (or most other seasonings) until college.
Not to worry. My partner is trying to make up for lost time keeps incorporating actually-seasoned chicken into meals. I'm to the point where "well, it tastes good when he does it, but I'll still not cook chicken for myself or order it in a restaurant".
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