How much meat do you eat?

Well, I'm not going to sugar coat this. I love meat! Nobody is perfect, and very few people don't contradict themselves somewhere when it comes to the environment, dietary choices etc.

I tend to eat lean meat like chicken and turkey. I do sometimes have lean beef and pork/bacon/better quality sausages etc. I like the least fat possible options, cut the rinds off bacon before cooking etc. This is personal taste though.

I also eat a bazillion vegetables, and enjoy a varied diet.

Would love to grow my own veg.

I recycle a lot and wish I could do gardening unfortunately don't have one

Zero - I've been vegetarian for about 30 years

DH and DS's eat meat most days. DS2 will occasionally eat veggie/vegan with me

I already know about all that and well informed in farming.

We eat meat rarely at home. I sometimes choose it in restaurants. Mixture of environmental and health concerns.

Vegan leather, God help us all, is the bastard love child of the car and plastics industry; the plastic being a by product of oil. We can do without that too!
Car seats, shoes, etc can be made from fabric such as cotton, hemp, bamboo etc, or even recycled and reclaimed plastic (many manufacturers are doing this already). We don’t need animals for it!

We eat meat 2-3 times a week.

DH is vegetarian so its easier to eat mostly vegetarian. But I like meat so we don't abstain.

You cannot ascribe all the CO2 emissions from the livestock industry to meat though. You have to take into account all the byproducts, and think about the emissions that would arise if we had to manufacture those instead. Vegan leather being a case in point.
The difference to emissions might not be that much, and this should be taken into account.

We have only reduced the frequency of roasts. So we don’t have those weekly and have something cheaper.
But DD is a meat fiend and it features heavily here.
We are having more mince and sausages and fewer chicken breasts I guess but not hugely.

As early adopters of fully electric cars (since 2015), we also seldom fly and have a house with air source heating and generate own power. One child. We do enough.

Forgot to add that I never eat meat when I eat out or travel. I would not touch meat produced in the UK with a barge pole, for example, because of the local regulations that allow for slaughter without stunning. As an average consumer I have no way to find out how the animal was killed so I just don’t eat meat unless it’s from “our” farmers.

I eat whatever I like just as I always have, including meat, fish and dairy.

I don't drive, fly or have children, so my contribution to planet saving likely evens out pretty well.

@catlady7 forgive me for answering the question asked

Protein: rice & beans; chickpeas; hummus; yoghurt; nuts; nut butters; cheese; legumes…
Vitamins, calcium etc: dark leafy vegetables in general, eating a varied diet, plus a multi vitamin esp in the winter for vit D

A lot of plants worldwide, including the majority of soy, is grown to feed animals. It’s totally inefficient. If we wanted to feed 8b people we could, simply by cutting the animals out of the food chain. Those of you buying local meat, I applaud your intentions, but there isn’t enough land for all meat to be raised this way and for everyone to eat the quantity of meat society does now. The only way that is sustainable is fewer people, fewer meat meals, and fewer animals - which is how it used to be in the past before big ag conglomerates. Therefore reducing meat consumption goes hand in hand with local and sustainable - it’s a treat, not an everyday food. Remember your local meat has probably had supplementary feeding using plants grown abroad - certainly the case for beef and chicken (probably less for upland sheep). Reducing is the only way to go if we want less carbon, more wildlife, less chicken shit in our rivers, and fewer antibiotics driving resistance to bugs.

I think there's a real tension between "REDUCE CARBS!" which is what everyone on MN says re. diet, and also "REDUCE MEAT!" which is also what everyone claims.

Feck knows how I could reduce carbs AND reduce meat. I'd be gnawing on kale and sad.

@ToBeOrNotToBee

Hear hear

I was told similarly by my dietician. I struggle to metabolise iron from vegetable sources in my case and animal protein is easier to digest, I find too much fibre causes me issues. I'm personally at ease buying food from local farmers rather than the food miles of some non meat based foods

I actually eat more meat I have some everyday because I feel healthier when I do

Eat meat most days, I do make some vegetarian dishes but unless DDs are visiting (who are vegetarian) it's not a deliberate thing, just some things I cook do not contain meat. I often have (I know it's bad) cured meat in sandwiches for lunch

We have reduced meat to roughly once a week for both climate and health reasons. We now only eat high-quality meat from our local butcher. If I lived by myself I would probably be 100% veggie but DH and the kids still really enjoy some meat in their diet.

Third option, ethical reasons - we only eat meat bought directly from local farms that we visit in person and get to see the animals. We buy a 30 kg box of portioned beef (various pieces including the so-called subprime beef so it requires cooking skills) or lamb/mutton. The animals we eat graze outside all year round with free access to a winter shelter and they also live for several winters before slaughter.

We eat meat 3 times a week for dinner and buying directly saved us a fortune. This might sound like a posh option but we actually pay less per kilo of much better meat than we would get from a supermarket plus all the money goes directly to the farmers.

Climate reasons are important but grazing animals are also key to biodiversity which in turn is key to pollinators. “Our” farmers even rent some of their animals to graze in nature reserves to preserve the ecosystem which would otherwise turn into a forest.

Every day. It's healthier.

Maybe but not by world percentage. More people are meat eaters than non meat eaters.

Thanks. I won't ever change tho. I enjoy meat and salad. Will continue to enjoy it