What’s our beef with beef?

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A new report by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) called for us to make radical changes to the way we farm and eat to prevent further global warming. But what did the IPPC report actually say on meat eating? Were the NFU and others right to say reporting was misleading?


How to Talk About Beef Like an Expert

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America’s national dish might as well be the hamburger—we eat an estimated 50 million of them per year. In 2019, the average American consumed 57.7 pounds of beef sourced from more than 32 million cattle. Clearly, we like red meat, yet many of us know so little about the beef we eat, other than what temperature we like our burgers and steaks.


The fat of the land: Eating red meat

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Two recent papers by British and other scientists are calling for big changes in the type and amounts of meat we eat. One of these papers, co-authored by Professor Mark Sutton from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, calls for a 50% reduction in total meat consumption.