As Australia is in a drought and on fire right now, they are blaming their camels for drinking too much water, yet ignoring the giant elephant. Animal agriculture. According to this Bloomberg article from September 2019 (prior to the fires)…
no disclosure
“The meat and dairy industry is increasingly feeling the effects of climate change, but they’re abnormally quiet about their own role in the crisis, according to a new report. About 77% of the meat and dairy industry makes little to no disclosure about emissions from their operations and supply chains, according to a study released on Wednesday by London-based investor network Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return, known as Fairr.
Meanwhile, animal protein industries are suffering from increased droughts, floods and storms. The Australian Agriculture Co. said earlier this year it lost $A107 million ($72 million) and 43,000 head of cattle largely due to the effects of floods and drought, while U.S. egg producer Cal-Maine Inc. said feed costs are volatile and could be higher after historic rainfall and flooding impacted grain prices. South African poultry producer RCL Foods Ltd. warned it could see profits hit by irrigation restrictions linked to droughts.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned earlier this month that falling crop yields due to climate change in some areas were already starting to put the world’s food supply at risk.
cattle raising and deforestation
Deforestation linked to cattle raising in Brazil has captured the public attention recently around the fires in the Amazon, but none of the 50 largest meat and dairy companies have a comprehensive global policy aimed at stopping deforestation, Fairr said. Most of the sector provides very little detail about the emissions associated with raising animals as well, according to the report.
the growing trend
The trend toward plant-based meat could be a preview of some of the shifts ahead because demand for protein is rising globally, Lettini said. About a quarter of the 60 companies analyzed had some investments in alternative proteins.
‘We can make our current meat operations more sustainable to some extent, but in the end of the day, as demand for protein is growing, there’s going to have to be some kind of trade off,’ she said.”
Read full article HERE.
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