Interesting fact: In the UK cows producemore greenhouse gases than cars

Remember:Producing and transport-ing meat takes a lot ofcarbon. Importing fooduses 1.6 billion litres of oila year, releasing 18 mil-lion tonne of carbon.

Have you heard of... Foot andMouth Disease? BSE?

Something to think about? Are animals always treated wellon farms? Would they be better in the wild? Or would the farmers

keep them for other products than meat?

Issue: Overfish-ing is a worry today.Some fish are nearlyextinct because wehave caught too many

to eat.

Linklaters Debate Challenge

Moral question:Is it immoral to eat

animals?

Research task: Ismeat good or bad for

your health?

Did you know? In 2004–05around 1.2 million hectares of soya(5% of the national total) was plantedin the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.80% of the world’s soya production isfed to the livestock industry. Meatreared on rainforest soya finds itsway onto supermarket shelves andfast food counters across Europe.

Remember to use your ProjectGenie resources to find out moreabout the environment.

Remember: Food can be an important part of culture. Can you thinkof any meat dishes that are importantto the culture of countries or religions?

What do you think? Do you eatmeat? Do you like the taste? Is it in someof your favourite dishes and would youmiss it if you had to give it up?

Famous view: Paul McCartney, himself a vegetarian, said in april 2008: "The biggest changeanyone could make in their own lifestyle would be tobecome vegetarian. I would urge everyone to thinkabout taking this simple step to help our precious en-vironment and save it for the children of the future.

The economy: Are farmers important to the economy?What would they do if we all became vegetarians?