Post #4252341

2026-07-29 12:43 UTC

Like this video shows how dramatically the amount of meat in the Dutch diet suddenly increased over the generations, from his grandmother born in 1937 when people were eating 19.7 kg of meat per year, when his mother was born in 1960 it was around 22kg per year and when he was born in 1991 it was 40.5 kg a year. We really don't need as much chicken and egg as we're currently producing. https://imginn.com/p/DYFGoD3IxCD/

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@afewbugs@social.coop 2026-07-29 13:23

When 71% of the planet's avian biomass is in the form of farmed poultry rather than wild birds, maybe the most sensible solution is to farm fewer of them, you know? https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass #AnimalAgriculture #Degrowth

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@steggy@sunny.garden 2026-07-29 13:20

@afewbugs@social.coop wow that’s a big increase. My mum used to tell me about the allowed rations she had in the UK during and after the war, and it was a very small amount per person. She had a vegetarian ration book (she saved her last book from 1953) and she had extra rations of eggs and cheese. My husband and children and I are all vegetarian, but we are veering more vegan now. I don’t know that I can go 100% vegan, but most suppers I cook are - one kid is vegan now, and husband is on a low fat diet, so rather than cook three different meals, we are all eating vegan.

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