A vegan dietary pattern is associated with high prevalence of inadequate protein intake in older adults; pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40147295/

"Replacing animal-based protein sources with plant-based food products in older adults reduces both protein quantity and quality, albeit minimally in non-vegan plant-rich diets. In a vegan scenario, the risk of an inadequate protein intake is imminent."

Animal activists protest outside the house of a farm executive. Legal action is being taken against them. What are your views?

a great thread on PKE underlining the hypocrisy and naivety of Greenpeace

Supermarket lamb prices have seen some good gains in the UK. ahdb.org.uk/beef-lamb-pork…

“Lab-grown meat up to 25 times more costly for environment than beef.”

Well done Dorset Council - who have rejected calls to target meat and dairy farming in the county “to tackle climate change.” dorsetecho.co.uk/news/25088046.…

I find it hard to connect to US sheep farmers, to understand their views and businesses. So I went looking for views. I would love to try and build a bridge. As it seems they face similar pressures to NZ sheep farmers. rangefire.us/tariffs-will-h…

A study on vegans in New Zealand found only 1/2 were getting the complete protein they need. This is bc plant proteins lack key amino acids, leucine and lysine, needed for muscle synthesis and other important functions in the body. Animal foods are the best source for complete

I propose to you all that there should be a nationwide campaign to kill all non native ducks and geese in NZ. They are the largest source of fresh water pathogens.

My view of US tariffs on sheep meat are well summarised by Chat GPT. I doubt it will be good for them or us.

Imagine veal rump steaks like that! NZ farmers have really got it going on!

Me: Can farming sheep be a mutualistic symbiosis? ChatGPT: Farming sheep is generally not considered a mutualistic symbiosis... Me: 3 questions to clarify ChatGPT: Yes—animal farming,...... can be accurately and scientifically described as a mutualistic symbiosis. Curious.

Marked down a few times and still no buyers. Cost of living crisis and people still won’t buy it at 50c

I asked Chatgpt if a cat is a someone? It said yes. Some questions later....

Beyond Meat - Net revenue for Q1 2025 was $68.7 million, a drop of 9.1% from the same period a year earlier, and net losses were $52.9 million, about flat with a net loss of $54.4 million for the year-earlier period.

Shooting ducks necessitates the fishing of trout. Whilst I am happy to do both, I am still perplexed at licence rules.

The "healthy" vegetarians in India

James Cameron was telling us farmers we should not be farming livestock and producing plant based foods seems that plan is not working so well Ben Dooley 🧢 🚜🐄 🧢Bruce🧢 🐄🚜 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝙵𝚊𝚛𝚚𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚛 TG 🧢 you guys got any comments?

World Animal Protection collect millions of dollars annually. The equivalent of around $62M NZD. Often their adverts show caged wild animals, and they claim not to be vegan. But their twitter account suggests otherwise. Advocating against farming