Eat meat and save the planet, say former vegetarian...

An eco-warrior who lives on a ‘sustainable living’ commune and spent six years as a vegetarian has written a book that says Britons should continue to eat some meat.

Simon Fairlie, a farmer and writer, is now shattering the consensus that we should avoid eating any meat or raising any animals in order to save the planet.

In a new book that questions the impact of meat-eating on greenhouse gases, he says the vegan diet espoused by many environmentalists is “neither sensible nor attainable for society as a whole”. More...

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