Raj Patel: how to feed 9 billion in 2050--cut back on meat consumption!

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In The Value of Nothing, Raj Patel writes about how we're going to feed the

world in 2050 when there will be 9 billion people: " . . . we'll need to cut

back on meat. If meat's to be eaten at all (and I'm not sure it should be), the

global allowance will be 25 kilograms of meat and 50 kilograms of dairy per

person per year—any more, and the climate will suffer. . . that means, at most,

two sausages, one small chicken piece and a small pork chop a week, and milk for

cereal and tea. Suppressing the Western diet's lust for flesh will be hard to

do—it'll mean taking on all manner of food-processing and retail interests, as

well as our own habits. . . " (p. 164)