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Try convincing a majority of the population to give up meat and milk, I guarantee you people won't want to.

• prawn 4y ago
  Political will and lobbying would be the chief obstacles on the milk side. Flavour/texture and tradition strong factors on the grazing livestock side. With a national, concerted effort I think you could slowly make headway on milk at least. Subsidies, convert flavoured milks first, UHT if possible. In theory that is. In reality, not going to happen in a hurry. I wonder if pricing will eventually influence the meat side. Patties and sausages become non-meat first, steaks increasingly become a luxury. As it is, I'm not confident budget sausages are quality so it wouldn't take much to take them down.
  • myshpa 4y ago
    Stop subsidizing the things that hurt the planet. Everything. Oil and meat/milk alike. When for production of 1000kJ of food you need 120m2 of land to produce beef vs. 1m2 of land to produce beans/peas, the unsubsidized market would take care of the problem. Let the capitalism work for us for once ;)
    • cercatrova 4y ago
      Subsidies are critical for a sovereign state to maintain control over its lands and people. If there were a food shortage, like in Sri Lanka, people would revolt.