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Re-Thinking Meat: How Climate Change Is Disrupting the Food Industry

Re-Thinking Meat: How Climate Change Is Disrupting the Food Industry

Jeff Anhang
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781799853541|ISBN10: 1799853543|EISBN13: 9781799853558
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5354-1.ch054
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Anhang, Jeff. "Re-Thinking Meat: How Climate Change Is Disrupting the Food Industry." Research Anthology on Food Waste Reduction and Alternative Diets for Food and Nutrition Security, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 1076-1091. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5354-1.ch054

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Anhang, J. (2021). Re-Thinking Meat: How Climate Change Is Disrupting the Food Industry. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Food Waste Reduction and Alternative Diets for Food and Nutrition Security (pp. 1076-1091). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5354-1.ch054

Chicago

Anhang, Jeff. "Re-Thinking Meat: How Climate Change Is Disrupting the Food Industry." In Research Anthology on Food Waste Reduction and Alternative Diets for Food and Nutrition Security, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1076-1091. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5354-1.ch054

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Abstract

This chapter describes how among vegetarian, vegan and animal advocates, it has been a common practice for many decades to cede the terms “meat” to livestock producers, and to ask people to sacrifice meat. Yet during those decades, global consumption of livestock products has exploded. People have often overlooked the fact that “meat” has been defined for centuries as an essential food that includes vegan versions, and plant-based meat has always been framed as equivalent or superior to animal-based meat. In fact, replacing animal-based foods with better alternatives is said to be the only pragmatic way to stop climate change quickly as needed. However, it is unlikely to happen through efforts to reduce meat consumption. It is much more likely to happen through efforts to disrupt meat production and consumption by making and marketing meat and other foods directly from plants.

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