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Agri-food scientist + CDP activist (Common sense, Decency & Pragmatism) Tweets reflect my own views

Nov 26, 2018, 29 tweets

New LANCET editorial: "what is a healthy amount of red or processed meat? It's looking increasingly like the answer, for both the planet & the individual, is very little [...] *The conversation has to start soon*"

🤔 So, what's this REALLY about ⁉️

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thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Let's start with this business Valhalla (Clinton F, Ford F, J&J, ...) named "C40" & one of its partners "EAT"

Its goal: "covene decision makers who can transform the way we eat" 🤔‼️

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c40.org/partners

So what is EAT? A highly-connected organisation for "food system transformation" founded by the wife of a Norwegian billionaire.

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eatforum.org

This one speaks for itself

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livekindly.co/vegan-politica…

EAT has partnered with "Lancet" and includes Willett (the nemesis of low-carb eating) in its core team, as well as Springmann, the vegan author of the recent "meat tax" paper.

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foodplanethealth.org/the-commission

Besides C40, EAT-Lancet is also closely connected to WBCSD via FreSH: "an ambitious global business partnership"

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So, what is FreSH/WBCSD... Lo and behold...

wbcsd.org/Programs/Food-…

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That's all for now folks. But better prepare yourselves for some very aggressive communication (both in scientific journals & mass media) and, likely, attempts to intervene in governmental policies... (in the next months)

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Of course the Barilla foundation is never far...

Which is an "independent think tank"...

With "no potential conflict of interest" 🤔

Hmm.

More hmm.

BIG hmmm.

"Richest people in Europe": forbes.com/sites/denizcam…

Deciding together on how "to transform the global food system"

ifpri.org/event/aligning…

This sums it up: a preliminary diagram identifying ties between some of the players (industry, academics, ideologists, NGOs) behind the anti-meat campaign by EAT-Lancet coming our way in January 2019. So you know what to expect. @BelindaFettke, does this connect to your research?

Which may help to understand the recent editorial in The Lancet. A meat tax is on the agenda - so, who's going to stop this massive machine? At the Nexus Global Summit (July 2018) the strategy was clear, namely to "expedite this transition and ensure it becomes permanent" 🙄

Now also heading for primary schools...?!?

So, basically, the founders of EAT are telling the planet to stop eating meat and to drive bio-fueled Ferrari's instead...? 🤔

Decadents are paying for most of the anti-livestock network today. With Harvard, Oxford, & The Lancet on board. Surreal. Sad.

forbes.com/sites/hannahel…

"his 2010 wedding to the now 33-year-old model-turned-physician, [with] famous guests who flew to Marrakech for the event [and a] $5 million price tag. Bob Geldof officiated."

How sustainable.

And these people are now hanging out with Willett? 🕺👯‍♀️👠🧨?

Expanding the network (work in progress)

This vegan Saoudi prince Khaled (= KBW Ventures) is also linked to Beyond Burger.

Updating...

The link EAT-Khaled is pretty clear

"ONS 2014 conference program to feature oil industry heavy hitters"

Wondering what Stordalen (EAT) was doing at this conference? 🤔
I suppose she was talking about bio-fueled Ferrari's...
tu.no/artikler/ons-2…

Update.

Much more to elaborate on, but this may serve as a starting point for further exploration. It outlines the various ideological, academic, and industrial branches of the EAT-Lancet network. The agenda is clear. Expect more. A lot more.

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