Meat & Dairy Facts

Providing more meat and dairy facts.
Allergic to greenwashing. Anecdotal stories are not data.

[Meat & Dairy Facts @dairy_meat]

𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐇𝐆 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠

#agcredible #Februdairy

Source @EPAIreland

[Irish Doctors for the Environment @IrishDocsEnv]

Tobacco lobbyists really have the good of your lungs, not profit, at heart.

[Oonagh Duggan @NatureNymph]

"Fast track", "Reduce Red Tape", "Remove Barriers" are deregulatory words which usually signify weakening of environmental processes & laws. The Programme for Government is full of these terms and we're worried for nature as a result. https://t.co/yNzITAECdz

[Meat & Dairy Facts @dairy_meat]

~Correction~
Natural: adjective, meaning 'existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind.'

Human consumption of cows' milk is not natural, as is often claimed.

[Julian Mellentin @JulianMellentin]

Turns out, natural foods like dairy are good for you! Who knew!
A study of 900k Brits and Chinese people, published in Jan 2024, found:
1. Cheese consumption was associated with lower cardiovascular disease risk, with a 12% decreased risk among those consuming cheese at least 7 times/week versus those consuming cheese less than 2 times/week.
2. UK people: total dairy intake was associated with 7% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and 14% lower risk of stroke.
3. Chinese people: no association with cardiovascular disease and 6% lower risk of stroke.
You know that public health advice to avoid saturated fat?
It's drivel, always was, based on weak /non-existent science.
And this study is not a new discovery - emerging science has been getting similar results for 15 years.
Dietitians or nutrition expert who tell people to cut back on sat fat from whole foods like dairy are a menace to a society - and have been for the last 40 years.
Time they learned a little humility....

[Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @IrishRainforest]

"Less than 0.1% – one thousandth – of Ireland is now ancient forest, compared, for eg, to 2.5% in England, ie over 25x less.

But it’s even worse: here, most of these tiny refuges are being killed off by overgrazing."

My piece in today's Irish Times.
https://t.co/FXpeog9W1J

[Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @IrishRainforest]

Nobody ever planted a tree in this photo. It was a working gravel pit 30 years ago.

We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better.

It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍

[Ó Foghlú @rayofoghlu]

I'm not keen on Mercusor....but whilst standards arounds safety/traceability/hormones are better here, I think we need a reality check around Irish beef production from an environment/biodiversity point of view

Most of our semi natural grassland habitats have been>

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[Farming Independent @Farming_Indo]

"The British government’s limit of €1m provoked fury – but if we capped the relief at €5m then only the mega-wealthy would be affected," Darragh McCullough. https://t.co/gK7BEhnx7l

[Simon Bursell @SimonBursell]

@rayofoghlu Pity Aontú’s wish to take Ireland back to the 1950’s doesn’t extend to bringing atmospheric CO2 back to 300 ppm.

[Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @IrishRainforest]

It's mad. Cats

Were domesticated by people
Are fed by people
Are housed by people
Are brought to the vet by people (etc...)

Yet when they go out killing countless native wildlife, people still think that's somehow "part of nature" 🙄. It's NOT.

[Bigger Better Faster More Climate Action : Game On @GameOnClimate]

@TaeSavesLives Great news.

Well done Irish Agriculture. Let's see more of this and show the other sectors how it's done.

[Harold Kingston 🐄 🚜 @HaroldKingston1]

Sorry if I don't celebrate a GHG drop due to imported electricity (increased UK GHG?), & bad weather reducing milk production & stopping lime spreading (lime needed to decrease future agri emissions)

[Joseph Kelly @bigjoekelly]

Standing room only at the Upperchurch @IFAmedia meeting highlighting concerns around the proposed slurry tank splash plate ban & implications for hill farmers. @gormanifa assured all that they have the backing of the organisation. @TippFM @NenaghGuardian @McConalogue

[Teagasc @teagasc]

Sustainability in Agriculture: The Science & Evidence
Join us on 5th November for a panel discussion on sustainable with experts: Dr. Cara Augustenborg, Dr. Stan Lalor, Badi Besbes and Thomas Duffy.
Register here: https://t.co/4B0Hv5miZu
@CAugustenborg @TaeSavesLives

[Rachel Donovan @Rachel_Donovan_]

A packed hall of farmers in Upperchurch, Co Tipperary tonight.

The ban on the use of splash plates from 1 January has raised health and safety concerns among local hill farmers.

“Using LESS in the hills is dangerous, unworkable and putting the safety of farmers at risk”

[Suzi Gerber, PhD @ChefSuziGerber]

Todays edition of “everything I don’t like is UPF”. From the people who think steaks fall out of cows like that, I bring you washing and cooking the industrial processing methods.

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

🔴 NEW | Mapped: Inside Ireland’s Powerful Farming Lobby

https://t.co/zRbhyJ3ITI

✍️@cookephoebe @MicHerrmann @swimsure

[Meat & Dairy Facts @dairy_meat]

Note: Ireland is a net food energy importer and making no contribution to global food security.

[Micheál Martin @MichealMartinTD]

Wonderful couple of days at #Ploughing, congratulations to all involved.

The message to farmers from Fianna Fáil and from me is, food security is vital and the food production system is vital.

Fianna Fáil is committed to supporting farm families and investment in rural Ireland.

[David Robbins @DPMRobbins]

#climate folks might be interested in new research by Hannah Byrne O’Morain and myself about how the Irish farming media cover climate change 1/

[Meat & Dairy Facts @dairy_meat]

@ashthyne @BOGallachoir Where is this from Ash?