by ljf on 5/9/2024, 11:45:35 AM
by fyt2024 on 5/9/2024, 3:23:12 PM
Give Brazil time. Things will improve again. I hope the EU Mercosul FTA puts protections in place if it is ever signed.
Brazil reached 92 percent renewable energy. So there are good news.
https://www.gmexconsulting.com/cms/brazil-hits-92-renewable-...
by yareal on 5/9/2024, 2:12:29 PM
I've moved to a meat buying strategy of "only buy meat if you've met the farmer".
I don't object to eating meat, but so much of the industrial meat production world is a nightmare. From disease risk, to abuse of animals, to slash and burn, to waste.
By buying meat from a local farmer, you can eliminate a lot of that. You end up eating less meat, probably, but we buy a whole cow every few years and divvy it up between friends. You could do that more or less often if you still wanted to eat a lot of meat.
by righthand on 5/9/2024, 2:25:13 PM
As an American why would you buy Brazilian beef when it’s already available here probably for cheaper, local, and higher quality?
by matt_daemon on 5/9/2024, 10:58:06 AM
For anyone interested in the numbers behind how bad beef and deforestation are for the environment, see Hannah Ritchie’s great new book Not the End of the World.
by emsign on 5/9/2024, 1:30:18 PM
You can trace back where an animal grew up and lived by analyzing its isotopes. There's a unique pattern for every place on Earth.
by nanna on 5/9/2024, 11:14:29 AM
A month or so ago a ship filled with 19,000 Brazilian cattle destined for the Middle East docked in Cape Town. The cows were living in such horrendous conditions that the stink of the ship took over the entire city. Living in pools of excrement, sick, lame, pregnant and even dead cows among them. The South African animal protection service had to put many down.
It's easy, its right to blame the Bolsonaro regime for having ramped up cattle farming in the Amazon leading to situations like this. It's harder to think of them when we have beef on our plates.
https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/seven-h...
by luxuryballs on 5/9/2024, 2:17:41 PM
Now THIS is first world problems, having enough choices to be able to be picky.
I grew up on a (very) small farm - so I knew where all the meat we ate (and eggs, apple, plums and jam) came from.
One of the things I find most disconcerting as an adult is the disconnect with the food I eat. Even the local 'farmer butcher' - I don't actually know if the meat they sell me is what they say it is.
I buy a lot of deer from a friend of a friend as it feels slightly more known to me - even if I have no idea about what the deer actually ate in it's life.