There has been a general call out to drastically cut our consumption of meat to halt climate change. That's because a lot of tropical forest, especially in the Amazon, is being cut to graze more cows.

In the industrialised counties, meat production has moved to industrial factory farms. These are very energy intensive, produce toxic waste, the feed is grown on intensive agriculture monocultural giant farms, and then there is the awful animal rights issues.

This has even happened in NZ, with palm kernelate being used as supplementary feed. But it gives cheap meat because all these downsides are not factored into the true cost of this meat

What can you do if you want to eat guilt free meat?

* Eat less meat anyway and save it for a treat

* Top standard is only organic and especially regenerative once this becomes more available

* Find out more about where your food comes from and try to eat from local producers

* Make those processed meats, bacon ham etc. a special treat and not a staple

* Give up on factory food, who wants meat from animals tortured and living on antibiotics

* Make free range your minimum standard

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