Bristol Live readers have slammed vegan activists after their demand for Bristol City Council to stop serving meat and cheese in City Hall to help cut carbon emissions. The crisis facing local councils in the UK, as highlighted in a recent Bristol Post article, has ignited a fiery discussion among our readers.
The crux of the matter is the call for Bristol City Council to cease serving meat and cheese in City Hall in an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Vegan activists have urged Bristol City Council to cease providing meat and dairy products within City Hall, with the intention of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The council is scheduled to conduct a review that will consider proposals for adopting exclusively plant-based options for internal catering. One advocate expressed his frustration, claiming to have been “routinely ignored” by local authority leaders in his efforts to have meat removed from their event menus.
However, with a new catering contract currently in development, this could signal a shift towards a radically different menu within the next year or so. During a session held on Thursday, September 26, residents reiterated their appeal to members of the environment policy committee to reform current food policies at the council level. This move mirrors actions taken by various other councils across England.
One reader LeeBailey1 writes: “Perhaps if James Jones had spent the last 4 years doing something useful he would have learned that local, organic meat and dairy with low food miles is more environmentally friendly and has a far lower carbon footprint than vegan alternatives manufactured in hugely energy intensive processes in factories using raw ingredients grown on what was virgin rainforest before being cleared in the last decade to grow stuff like soya to satisfy perceived demand for products that can be marketed as vegan.
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“There is NO vegan substitute for local organic dairy that actually puts carbon back into the soil. Many people in Bristol work for a well known local dairy cooperative doing exactly that.”
While Bristollivecommenter adds: “4% of the population can’t be allowed to inflict their strange food habits on the rest of us.”
Christoph02 says: “Ain’t even about vegan or environmental or anything like that, it’s just their desire to nanny state micromanage every last bit of our life’s right to the last petty few things like what we eat and drink at our own choice and consent!”
Dukerolo believes: “Oooo-kayy. Let’s see the minority making this storm in a teacup volunteer to save the county lots of money by spending their own on the comestibles involved in the replacement menus, in the attempt to impose veganism on the council staff. Any takers? No? Thought not.”
Antigov writes: “Don’t drink alcohol, I don’t smoke but I eat lots of meat and can’t stand this plant based rubbish.” Pogue Mahone believes: “This is a non story. A tiny group tries to impose its will on the majority. It won’t happen, but it’s just the kind of story that the media love.”
Malibuthomas1 thinks: “As someone who works there, STOP telling me what I can and can’t eat. I can make my own decisions thank you and don’t need to be dictated to by a vegan.”
Bluetoothsue asks: “Why should they stop serving ham and cheese or any meat just to please the vegans and vegetarians?”
So do you think that Bristol City Hall should stop serving Ham & Cheese? Let us know in the comments below or HERE.