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THE CHALLENGE: A NEW FOOD SYSTEM The World must find a new way to feed itself if we are to stave off calamity, warns CEO of Compassion in World Farming Compassion in World Farming’s chief executive officer, Philip Lymbery, said Dr Pachauri’s lecture marked the start of an immensely important global ‘conversation’ where all parties would need to become involved to ‘navigate tidal waves of change in order to create a new food system’. Speaking to some 400 delegates at the close of the Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture on global warming in London in September, Mr Lymbery said meat should no longer be seen as a dietary issue alone. It was also an environmental issue of colossal proportions. “Sixty billion farm animals are reared and slaughtered in this world of ours each year – the majority of them being kept in industrial systems of agriculture. Industrial farming of animals is the biggest issue of animal cruelty on the planet,” he said. “Already the livestock industry accounts for the use of one-third of our planet. With the world’s human population expected to increase from 6 billion to 9 billion people by 2050, livestock production – at the current rate of consumption – would explode to 120 billion farmed animals. “The root of the problem is too many animals in too small a space. If we don’t take action we will soon be looking at too many animals on too small a planet. “Rich countries need to reduce meat consumption by half,” he said. Mr Lymbery added that it usually took a generation to change attitudes. “We probably have 10 more good years to fire the imagination to find real solutions to the problems that the world faces. We need to find a humane and sustainable way to satisfy the needs of more people and to achieve this we need all sectors of society and all nations to work together to bring hope to what seems like a hopeless scenario.“We should consider an international treaty that sets targets for meat production. “We need to have the imagination and determination to ensure that food and farming and farm animals thrive – not simply survive - come 2050,” he said. Videos of Dr Pachauri and Mr Lymbery are available on the Internet at the following URL: http://www.ciwf.org.uk/news/factoryfarming/lecture_calls_for_dietary_change.aspx |
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