Don't Give Up On the Farmers ; Western Daily Press the Voice of the Westcountry

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THE message might not be a new one, but the messenger certainly is. Nicholas Stern, the venerable Lord Stern who has done so much to force the climate change debate into the mainstream, stoked the ire of farmers everywhere this week when he was quoted as saying people needed to reconsider eating meat.

The economist even went as far as to suggest consumption of cows and pigs might one day be a social taboo on par with drink-driving.

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Don't Give Up On the Farmers ; Western Daily Press the Voice of the Westcountry

That animals contribute to global warming is beyond refute. As a spokesman for the NFU pointed out, we do not have a methane-...

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