The elephant in the room is really a cow: using consumption corridors to define sustainable meat consumption in the European Union

Rio, Miriam Cué; Bovenkerk, Bernice; Castella, Jean‐Christophe; Fischer, Daniel; Fuchs, Richard; Kanerva, Minna; Rounsevell, Mark; Salliou, Nicolas; Verger, Eric O.; Röös, Elin

doi:10.1007/s11625-022-01235-7

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“…For example, a meat tax was implemented in Denmark but was repealed by influential opponents shortly after despite positive health outcomes (Vallgårda et al, 2015). At the EU level, a multi-stakeholder participatory policy, designed to engage with these powerful opponents, could establish consumption corridors to limit the quantities of animal products available according to social, nutritional, ethical and environmental factors (Fuchs et al, 2016;Cué Rio et al, 2022). The consumption corridor concept aims at establishing minimum and maximum standards for consumption to guarantee a good quality of life for everyone (Di Giulio and Fuchs, 2014).…”

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How to achieve a planetary health diet through system and paradigm change?

2024

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How to achieve a planetary health diet through system and paradigm change?

2024

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“…The optimal space should allow 'everybody to satisfy their needs without compromising others' ability to meet their own' [211, p 1]. Consumption corridors are typically negotiated using deliberative democracy processes [211,212]. They offer potential as strong governance tools that can place caps on consumption that can 'bring about absolute reductions in the negative impacts of consumption in a just manner' [212, p 619].…”

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Power & protein—closing the ‘justice gap’ for food system transformation

Baudish,

Sahlin,

Béné

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Environ. Res. Lett.

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The protein shift, or transition, entails a reduction in the production and consumption of animal-source foods, and an increase in plant-based foods and alternative proteins, at a global level. The shift is primarily motivated by the need to minimise the impact of the food system on social-ecological systems. We argue that rather than focusing singularly on transitioning a ‘protein gap’ in diets, redressing the ‘justice gap’ is a prerequisite for transformative change in food systems. In this context the justice gap is understood as the gap delineating those who have access to just food systems and those who do not. To substantiate our argument a justice lens is used to analyse the political–economic dimensions of such a transformation and to propose that the future of protein must engage with three core elements to be transformative—disruption, innovation and redistribution. Disruption entails challenging both the food trends that encourage the ‘meatification’ of diets, and the influence of ‘Big Meat’ in perpetuating these trends. Innovation emphasises that true novelty is found by designing justice into practices and processes, rather than by firing alternative protein silver bullets within existing food system paradigms. Redistribution stresses that food system redesign is predicated upon establishing fair shares for remaining protein budgets, using approaches anchored in contextual specificity and positionality. Through the application of a justice framework, we expose existing food system injustices related to production and consumption of protein, invite discussion on how such injustices can be addressed and reflect on implications for food system transformations. By reshaping the crux of the protein debate around the more salient concern of the justice gap, food system transformation can take shape.

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Quitting livestock farming: transfarmation pathways and factors of change from post-livestock farmers’ accounts

Nicolas

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Transitioning away from livestock farming would limit the carbon footprint of humanity and reduce the pressure on water, land and biodiversity. It would also improve human health, as animal farming increases the risks of pandemics and bacterial resistance. All of these risks and opportunities make a compelling case for a transition towards plant-based diets. In case of a large-scale transition, hundreds of thousands of farmers would have to quit animal farming and switch to other activities. Such transition is potentially happening in developed countries, where industrial operations are located, consumption per capita is the highest and alternatives to animal products are increasingly available. However, there is considerable resistance from farmers to this transition. There is thus a need to better understand potential transition pathways to support smooth transitions. To do so, 27 stories of farm transitioning out of livestock farming – so called transfarmation – were collected. Most of these cases are located in Switzerland and the US. These accounts were published on the websites of organizations that support farmers transitioning out of livestock production or by farmers themselves. In this qualitative study, I coded these accounts to identify patterns in the drivers, behaviour, and decision-making of farmers explaining their transition. Two main patterns were identified: (1) transfarmations from intensive poultry or pig farms towards a mushroom or market gardening farm, driven by economic interests and (2) transfarmations driven by compassion to animals, mostly leading to a farmed animal sanctuary or market gardening farm. Support organizations for transfarmation seem to be particularly beneficial for the second type of transition. I conclude this paper with research perspectives on the topic of transfarmation, especially on the role of gender and the potential of transfarmation for the green care economy.

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The elephant in the room is really a cow: using consumption corridors to define sustainable meat consumption in the European Union

Cited by 11 publications

References 123 publications

How to achieve a planetary health diet through system and paradigm change?

How to achieve a planetary health diet through system and paradigm change?

Power & protein—closing the ‘justice gap’ for food system transformation

Quitting livestock farming: transfarmation pathways and factors of change from post-livestock farmers’ accounts

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