Thread by @Sentient_Media

As 2022 begins, media outlets have been reporting on #NewYearsResolutions to eat #PlantBased.

While many articles stress the scientific consensus of #AnimalAgriculture fueling the #ClimateCrisis, some coverage repeats widespread misconceptions about our #FoodSystem.👇 1/9

🚫In @TheGrocer, Jeff Webster of @HunterGatherUK recommends following #Regenuary instead of @veganuary, using food from regenerative farming.

The article claims that farmed animals “can be used to stimulate the growth of grasses to sequester carbon.” 2/9
thegrocer.co.uk/sustainability…

🔍Experts question the effectiveness of #regenerative grazing.

A @oxfutureoffood study found that carbon sequestration achieved through grazing “is small, time-limited, reversible & substantially outweighed by the #GHG emissions” the animals generate. 3/9
desmog.com/meat-industry-…

🚫In @womanandhome, @laurenelclark writes veganism “isn’t necessarily the greener eating regime that many automatically assume it to be” because farming processes & air miles can mean #PlantBased food “proves just as bad in the environmental stakes.” 4/9
womanandhome.com/health-wellbei…

🚫Outlet @euronewsgreen writes “researchers, farmers, dieticians & nutritionists are divided on the issue” of #vegan food being more sustainable than local meat, concluding “#PlantBased or not, it shouldn’t be that hard to eat seasonally” and locally. 5/9
euronews.com/green/2022/01/…

🔍The idea that local food is more climate-friendly than imported food is a widespread myth.

@OurWorldInData regards the advice to eat local as “one of the most misguided pieces of advice” because transport accounts for a fraction of #food emissions. 6/9
sentientmedia.org/how-the-eat-lo…

🚫Via @USATODAY @michelle_shen10 shares advice on reducing food emissions in 2022 by following a #Climatarian diet.

While the article promotes mostly #PlantBased foods such as fruit, veg, grains & pulses, it also recommends swapping #beef for chicken. 7/9
eu.usatoday.com/story/life/hea…

🔍Swapping #beef for chicken would drastically increase the number of chickens worldwide, entailing severe environmental, ethical & health consequences.

@KelseyTuoc reports on the unsanitary and stressful conditions of #poultry farming via @voxdotcom. 8/9
vox.com/future-perfect…

At Sentient Media, we strive to counter pervasive myths & misconceptions surrounding #AnimalAgriculture and create transparency about the underreported issues of the industry.

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