How should farmers respond to claims that consumers should eat less meat? Johann Tasker investigates. When a Nobel Prizewinner says something controversial, people tend to sit up and take notice. And sit up they did when Rajendra Pachauri, chairman ofthe United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, spoke in London this week People should eat less meat, said Dr Pachauri, joint winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on global warming. Livestock farming was a major source of greenhouse gas, and individuals should save the planet by transforming their diets.
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