Thread by @SoilAssociation

What's our #beef with beef?

Public interest on #climate, #biodiversity & #diet is rightly growing

#Meat is often at the heart of the debate but it's important we look past headlines & unpick the detail

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Our #meat comes from different #farm systems

When animals are grazed on grass, as in #organic, this can have positive impacts on #climate & #nature. Intensively produced #grain-fed chicken & pigs can have the opposite effect

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🐄🐖🐔 Intensively farmed animals are almost always fed on #grain & imported #soya

The production of animal feed can exhaust soils and drive #rainforest clearance

This is devastating for the #climate & #biodiversity

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Pasture-fed & #organic livestock can help mitigate irreversible #ClimateChange, primarily through the regeneration of our soils

🐄🐏Grazing animals have major roles in rebuilding our #soil fertility & #carbon stocks

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🐄#LessButBetterMeat?

To tackle the #climate & #nature crises we must support pasture-fed #beef, #lamb & #dairy and higher welfare #chicken & #pork

Nature-friendly systems like #organic ensure feed doesn't drive #deforestation

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UK #organic & pasture-fed #animal #farmers face competition from intensive #grain-fed systems at home & abroad e.g. 🇺🇸

High welfare organic & pasture-fed #meat produced in the UK must increase to ensure we can eat ‘better’ meat

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So why #LESSbutbetter?

Demand for the volume of #meat in our diet drives intensive farm systems

Eating less meat overall, means that we can support high welfare #organic & pasture-fed systems helping mitigate #ClimateChange

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There’s plenty of space for going #vegetarian/#vegan...

But as #agroecological & #organic systems often depend on grazing animals, #meat consumption following a #lessbutbetter approach is important & has a crucial role to play

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More about why animals have a crucial role to play, not only in #agroecological & #organic #farming systems but also in mitigating #ClimateChange & boosting #wildlife here 👉 ow.ly/MjQ150xjJI9

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