US Sierra Club & Greenpeace recommend meat reduction

David3

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This is preaching to the choir, but two of the United States' most well-known environmental organizations - the Sierra Club (founded 1892) and Greenpeace (founded 1971) - have officially made meat-reduction part of their food policy.

Sierra Club's statement on meat-reduction: Food and Our Climate

Sierra Club's Agriculture and Food Policy statement, full text: Agriculture and Food

Greenpeace's statement on meat-reduction: Greenpeace calls for decrease in meat and dairy production and consumption for a healthier planet - Greenpeace International

Within the Sierra Club, there is considerable heated disagreement about meat consumption. The Sierra Club's official food policy is that "personal dietary choices that minimize or eliminate meat and animal products should be encouraged, due to their many benefits, including reducing greenhouse gas impacts, water pollution and inhumane treatment of animals", but certain Sierra Club articles show a stubborn resistance.
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The Sierra Club actually adopted its meat-minimization policy back in 2015, but (as I mentioned above) there seems to be considerable disagreement within their ranks. I once worked with a local Sierra Club officer who was a supporter of the Weston A. Price Foundation - an organization that is neurotic in its opposition to vegan diets.

Example of a Weston A. Price Foundation publication, authored by president Sally Fallon: Nourishing Fats: Why We Need Animal Fats for Health and Happiness - Kindle edition by Morell, Sally Fallon. Cookbooks, Food & Wine Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. . This book claims that humans must eat plenty of saturated animal fat for good health. The American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association both disagree with that claim - both of these groups have stated that properly-planned vegetarian diets are a healthy option.

American Heart Association's plant-based diet webpage: How does Plant-Forward (Plant-Based) Eating Benefit your Health?

American Diabetes Association's (very lengthy) 2017 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes - see page S34, right-most column: https://professional.diabetes.org/sites/professional.diabetes.org/files/media/dc_40_s1_final.pdf
 
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