Meat Facts

Questions about how much meat we ought to be eating, and what type, and from where, must be tackled if we are to have any chance of averting the looming public health and environmental crises being driven by our current diets.

Eating a little less meat, produced to better standards, and more whole plant foods is something health and environmental organisations globally are agreed ought to happen.

Yet despite both the National Food Strategy and Climate Change Committee recommending a reduction in meat consumption there is little action from the Government or businesses in terms of supporting a shift towards more plant-rich diets.

This briefing aims to support food system stakeholders in how to map out and implement pathways to change.