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British farmers slam Macca's 'Meat-free Mondays' initiative
Britain News.Net Friday 19th June, 2009 (ANI)
London, June 19 : British farmers have slammed Sir Paul McCartney's bid to turn meat eaters into vegetarians for one day a week, dubbing it a "gimmicky" campaign.
The former Beatles star and two of his daughters, fashion designer Stella and photographer Mary, are heading the Meat Free Monday initiative, which persuade Britons to drop animal products from their diet for one day per week.
Macca insists that if people eat less meat it will help to improve the environment.
However, officials at the National Farmers Union (NFU) have criticised the idea, insisting the star has overestimated the environmental problems caused by manufacturers.
"Diet is a lifestyle matter, and individual choices must be respected, but this campaign has a rather gimmicky air to it," the Daily Express quoted a spokesperson for the NFU as saying.
"It greatly overstates the contribution that British livestock make to climate change, compared to, for example, transport where emissions have been rising rapidly in recent years," the spokesperson added. Email this story to a friend
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PIOTR 06-19-09, 12:31 PM |
British farmers slam Macca's 'Meat-free Mondays' initiative
A mój siostrzeniec Alex, ktory mieszka w Anglii AKURAT TERAZ przerwał naukę w szkole, bo ktoś mu namieszał w łepetynie,żeby pracował przy u rzeźnika. Biorąc pod uwagę moje znane w Anglii profesjonalne zainteresowanie Paulem McCartneyem jest to co najmniej podejrzany
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Gabriele 06-21-09, 02:59 PM |
Human intelligence has come a long way throughout centuries; at least that is what we are told,is it not so? How amazing! Or is it really that amazing? If animals could talk, what would they say about us humans? Farmers have outworn the idea of farming & why is that? Greed, insensitivity & most of all money having more value than the well being & good care of those who bring money to the farm: namely milk, butter, yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, etc. There should not be any suffering in that! Then you have the meat eaters. What need is there to eat the meat of those who have contributed already so much to the human population & the farm money bank? Where is the Human intelligence there? Anyone believing in the goodness of mankind, who is protective & caring, can think twice. Why, because you are a human being with superior intelligence? Or are you really that intelligent, without consideration for other’s well being, oh there is the excessive bank account from meat farming & miserable & shameful strain that comes with that? Think about what you are doing & learn to care & respect the animals, who need you to protect them, just as you have your laws protecting you. Luckily for humans the grass is greener for us! We take care of each other in hospitals, grocery stores, comfortable homes & take PH balanced vitamins & where does that leave the animals in captivity? What is freedom really like for you or anyone for that matter? I am a vegetarian, yet at this time I drink some organic milk in my coffee, eat some yogurt & cheese, until I can learn to replace that completely healthily & do without this. Protection & comfort & having mercy & safety for the living in a farm, from the money making machines that outsmart their own kind with heavy bank accounts at the suffering from others is monstrous. Actually check out what goes on behind the meat on your table & then tell me if I am right or wrong! All I am saying is what is really going on in this world that really should not? Thank goodness that there are people who are aware & know what the difference a better world can be like. Someone please make the healthy & what is actually healthier changes for the actual better. You know what I am talking about, be for real world out there! Please? From G & T!
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