'Bordering on preposterous': U.K. government food strategy tells public to eat venison instead of beef to save planet

[onthedarkside]

 

Leon founder Henry Dimbleby's recommendations for an expansion of free school meals, a salt and sugar tax and government action on obesity do not appear to have been taken forward

 

A leaked version of the government's new food strategy advises people to eat wild venison as a low-carbon alternative to beef and grow their own cucumbers to save the planet, reports claim.

 

The 27-page document, due to be officially released on Monday, follows two reports carried out by the co-founder of restaurant chain Leon, Henry Dimbleby, into the UK's food system.

 

His probes into obesity and the environment, commissioned by former environment minister Michael Gove, resulted in recommendations to expand free school meals, impose a long-campaigned for salt and sugar tax, and introduce GP prescriptions for fruit and veg.

 

But according to a version of the strategy, seen by The Guardian and The Telegraph, these proposals have been ignored in favour of "a statement of vague intentions" - Rob Percival, head of food policy at the Soil Association, said.

 

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https://news.sky.com/story/bordering-on-preposterous-government-food-strategy-tells-public-to-eat-venison-instead-of-beef-to-save-planet-12631800

 

 

 

[Bluespunk]

19 hours ago, onthedarkside said:

A leaked version of the government's new food strategy advises people to eat wild venison as a low-carbon alternative to beef and grow their own cucumbers to save the planet, reports claim.

If true it just shows a complete lack of any coherent, workable strategy coming from this government. 

[ozimoron]

if they were serious they would follow the advice of both medical experts and climate change scientists and recommend not eating any red meat..

[baboon]

43 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

If true it just shows a complete lack of any coherent, workable strategy coming from this government. 

Yes, just playing Whack-a-mole with their self inflicted problems. And all to pull Johnson's worthless balls out of the fire. I can only hope there is something to the idea of karma and that they get theirs in the end, plus interest.

[Bluespunk]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/13/food-plan-for-england-condemned-by-its-own-lead-adviser?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

[KhunLA]

Stop electing idiots ... som nam na

[Chomper Higgot]

Hot on the heals of Tory MP Lee Anderson’s assertion that the poor need to be taught how they can cook 30p nourishing meals.