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The Food Programme

Eating Animals Part 2: A Meat Q&A.

The Food Programme

BBC

Food, Arts

4.4977 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Dan Saladino, Sheila Dillon and a range of experts ranging from climate scientists to beef producers answer your questions on meat eating and the future of farming and our diets.

Featuring questions on methane, scientific trials of more carbon friendly beef, the impact of rice in climate change, the nutritional benefits of grass-fed meats and the value of traditional diets.

Among the contributors are Dr Michelle Cains, a Climate scientist at the Oxford Martin School, Minette Batters, President of the National Farmers Union, Professor of Epidemiological Genetics at Kings College London, Patrick Holden, The Sustainable Food Trust, Tara Garnett of the Food Climate Research Network and environmental campaigner George Monbiot.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You don't need us to tell you there's a general election coming.

0:04.7

So what does it mean for you?

0:06.7

Every day on newscast we dissect the big talking points, the ones that you want to know more about.

0:12.4

With our book of contacts, we talk directly to the people you want to hear from.

0:16.8

And with help from some of the best BBC journalists,

0:19.5

we'll untangle the stories that matter to you.

0:23.0

Join me, Laura Kunsberg, Adam Fleming, Chris Mason and Patty O'Connell for our daily

0:28.4

podcast.

0:29.4

Newscast, listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. Hello, I'm Sheila Dylan.

0:45.0

And I'm Dan Saladino.

0:48.0

And welcome to the food program, that place for Hungry Minds.

0:51.0

We have lots of ideas and information to feed you in this

0:54.4

edition because we're continuing our conversation on meat, livestock and

0:59.2

climate change. Which is a big talking point right now in Britain and really all over the world.

1:07.0

A lot of anger on social media. If you're a farmer in Britain, beef and lamb prices and sales are way down.

1:15.7

Silicon Valley is investing billions in artificial meat.

1:20.0

Dan, you captured a lot of that debate in last week's program. I did and here's just a flavor of what we heard.

1:26.8

At the moment we're at roughly one degree of warming since the industrial period started.

1:32.0

So we've only got about half a degree left.

1:34.6

Every little bit of warming counts,

1:36.6

so the lower we can keep temperatures, the better.

1:40.0

There are four individual acts that matter significantly more than all others, flying less,

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