Restricting the diet of meat eaters will decrease the amount of animal flatulence being released into the air, causing global warming.
Via The Hill
Proposed federal dietary guidelines touting the environmental benefits of a low-meat diet have spurred outrage among the nation’s beef, pork and poultry producers, triggering a food fight between industry and green groups.
The guidelines recommending Americans eat less meat for “the sake of our health and that of the planet” have led to a flood of tens of thousands of public comments to the departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture, most of them applauding the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for taking environmental sustainability into consideration.
But meat industry groups are blasting the proposal, contending the committee is neither required nor equipped to recommend people eat less meat because it’s better for the planet.
The American Association of Meat Processors’ submitted as its comments a petition signed by 2,494 people opposed to the guidelines.
“In response to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s recent, anemic recommendations to eat lower amounts of red and processed meats we say, unequivocally and without hesitation, ‘Hands off my hot dog,” the petition said.