Finally a small bit of good news from the European Union
https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-fo ... ncer-risk/
The EU’s new 2022 promotional policy will seek to encourage more plant-based diets after branding red and processed meat as a cancer risk. Their goal in 2021 was to promote a plant-based diet and prepare people to make the switch in 2022.
The policy This new policy takes a fair share of funding away from the meat sector and dedicates €185.9 million to promoting EU agri-food products in and outside the EU. Environmentalists have long opposed the EU’s funding of the meat sector. Now it will be much more limited in their funding and campaigning.
This move has received criticism from the animal farming industry, but many members of society have applauded the change as the demand for more plant-based eating is only growing
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has slammed a food promotion policy by the EU Commission which links red meat to cancer risks.
The commission has approved a budget of €186 million to promote EU agri-food produce both within and outside the union this year.
This includes encouraging consumers to have a more plant-based diet with less red and processed meat.
The EU said that this funding is a key dimension of its “green transition” towards sustainable food systems, while supporting farmers and producers.
The new policy follows a review of agri-food promotion by the EU to increase the focus on sustainable production and consumption.
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