ECO CHURCH NEWS
Part of our church being in the Eco Church Award Scheme
is to fulfil certain standards. Which brings me to the subject
of meat. British meat has higher welfare standards. Cheap
meat at the supermarket is usually imported and may mean the animals have been
factory-farmed, injected with growth hormones and antibiotics. They may have been
fed food from dubious sources, which in turn impacts on human health and does
environmental damage.
At the very least, look out for the Union Jack Flag logo on the packaging or the
Red Tractor symbol or the RSPCA logo.
Compassion in World Farming has, after decades of campaigning just brought t
o an end Live Animal Exports from the UK prompting the government to ban it.
This ends terrible suffering and stress for transported animals and a not very
good end at foreign slaughterhouses.
Maybe just eat a little less meat, or have a vegetarian meal once or twice a week,
or go vegan? This would cut global CO2 emissions quite a bit if lots of people
modified their diet. Because everyone is different, it’s a question of doing what
you can, and not feeling guilty or a failure if you can’t quite do it all.
Sue Garfield