Tyson's USDA-endorsed "climate-friendly" beef may be more greenwashing than planet-saving solution.
  • Hillock
    5•10 months ago

    For anyone who doesn’t read the article but gets upset at the title because climate friendly meat actually exist. It’s about a new label for meat that says “Environmental Friendly”. Similar to the certificate for “Organic” or “GMO-FREE”.

    And the certificate is bullshit. Even in it’s strictest form you only need a 10% reduction in CO2 production to the industry standard to qualify. Which is nothing.

    But it gets worse, the rating is done by third party companies who have leeway in setting the industry standard. One company even has the industry standard set higher than the actual industry average.

    So overall the certificate is bullshit that makes people feel better but doesn’t actually do anything.

    • @fidodo@lemm.ee
      2•10 months ago

      Does climate friendly meat actually exist? I don’t really understand how, at least not at the volume people eat meat today.

      • @riceandbeans161@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2•10 months ago

        it cannot exist

        meat is inherently the most inefficient way of consuming calories, let alone the pain, suffering and horror it causes.

        there’s no morally or ethically correct way to eat meat, unless you’re an indigenous tribe that literally has no other option.

        • @fr0g@feddit.de
          2•10 months ago

          Efficiency of calorie acquisition is not the same as sustainability though. Culling an overpopulation of deer that keeps a forest from developing or an invasive species that is wreaking havoc on an ecosystem can both be a net positive on the ecosystem and in terms of sequestering carbon. Meanwhile growing crops on former rainforest land is a clear net negative.

          Those are edge cases though of course and with your average store selection, going with plant-based will just about always be more sustainable.

        • vrojak
          1•10 months ago

          I would argue lab grown meat is fine, but afaik it is still more resources intensive to produce than, like, tofu. And it’s not like it’s going to be available in appreciable amounts in the near future.

    • vrojak
      1•10 months ago

      Some meats are more climate friendly than others, but compared to a plant based diet they are still a lot worse in terms of CO2 emissions.