Row in the UK over whether lamb stew environmentally unfriendly

Binary_Bark

Binary_Bark

Forging
Joined
Feb 24, 2016
Messages
41,688
Reaction score
23,599
Location
Midgard
Sheep farmers have butted heads with a national wildlife foundation after it published a report labelling lamb stew as one of the most environmentally unfriendly meals in the UK.

Farmers’ Unions have been left “astonished” and “disappointed” by a report published by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) which labelled Welsh lamb cawl as the “most polluting” classic British meal.

The report, published to highlight how some of Britain’s favourite dishes could change as a result of climate change, said a bowl of lamb cawl produced as much pollution as boiling a kettle 258 times because of methane from sheep.

But sheep farmers have hit back at the report saying it “failed to include the important environmental benefits of sheep farming.”

The National Sheep Association and National Farmers Union Cymru argued that the findings had failed to highlight the advantages of Welsh lamb stew; both environmentally and from a nutritional perspective.

Phil Stocker, chief executive of the National Sheep Association, said: “From our perspective it’s a pretty shoddy piece of work that hasn’t looked at the wider benefits of sheep farming at all.

“It has taken a very narrow view of the impacts of lamb cawl and is it really quite astonishing. Lamb cawl is the exact kind of dish that we should be promoting, it is highly nutritious and a good source of protein.”

He added: “The summary looks through a very narrow lens and we fundamentally disagree with the argument that has been made as it has failed to include the important environmental benefits of sheep farming which is very disappointing.”
Click to expand...

https://www.independent.ie/business...stew-environmentally-unfriendly-36747895.html
 
The only thing the WWF cares about is making the next generation poorer than the previous one.
 
a bowl of lamb cawl produced as much pollution as boiling a kettle 258 times because of methane from sheep
Click to expand...

What kind of cnut would use an electric kettle? I have started chopping down trees and now keep a fire going all day to boil my water over the open fire. Some cnuts just do not care.
 
Let's say I hook up my kettle to solar panels/wind turbine so the environmental cost of boiling once/258 times is the same (besides water pumping, etc.), are lambs environmentally friendly then?
 
lamb stew sin tax at next budget.

i had lamb stew with rice this evening, was so good. so good.
 
Milano said:
What kind of cnut would use an electric kettle? I have started chopping down trees and now keep a fire going all day to boil my water over the open fire. Some cnuts just do not care.
Click to expand...

/fills electric kettle to the top with water
/leaves tap running
/clicks kettle on

:twisted:


Aah, can just hear the spring lambs going Baaaa-baaaa as they grow into tasty roasts and stews...

:p
 
I'll take lamb and 1m sea level rise thank you. I'll even teach the little lambs to swim and eat seaweed.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X