What is wrong with farmers growing only vegetables and crops and ban livestock farming altogether?
We don’t need livestock farming, but banning things is hard and only effective if people are in full support. Just think how long it has taken to reduce tobacco use to a point where a ban in the next 20 years is a real possibility. The Australian Greens don’t advocate for a vegan diet, and neither does Tim Flannery and some of the other “big names” in the anti-global warming debate. Is this because they don’t want to offend the farmers? Tim Flannery has no ethical objections to killing animals — sustainably. He is famous for suggesting that harvesting whales is fine, if sustainable. The Greens have a diversity of members and politics is about compromise. Veganism doesn’t follow from any footprint minimisation principle, it’s an ethical decision in my opinion. With the new UN Report out on linking meat-eating with environmental destruction why do you think this has not been a leading policy amongst leading environmental groups in Australia a big way. Many Greens eat meat. Some Greens
