To ask you to think twice about eating chicken regularly

[Tigofigo]

...it's just not sustainable for us to consume as much as we do.

Intensive chicken farming is polluting and destroying our rivers and also potentially causing breathing difficulties and lung issues in those who live near farms spraying chicken / other animal manure as fertilizer.

Really worrying too, at a time when govt are ripping up EU regs on environmental laws that will further destroy our rivers and the animals, plants and people that rely on them (along with the shit already pumped into them...).

www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/25/chicken-farm-giant-linked-to-river-wye-decline-was-sued-over-water-blight-in-us

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/14/muck-spreading-could-be-banned-to-reduce-air-pollution

inews.co.uk/news/brexit-bonfire-environment-regulations-otters-dolphins-birds-conservationists-1875799

It? That's quite rude. Not everybody has the same opinion on things. A very childish way to respond to disagreement and conflict. Isn't it.

@DuckBilledFattypus

wow!!

Surely you're not lost for words.

Great.

I dont want to, no.

And I am not NEEDLESSLY eating chicken, I am feeding my family!

There really is

it can’t be right that we breed the same species (cockapoos…) repeatedly and then keep them apart from their own breed. To suit human desire again. They are lovely though and understand the human benefits. Maybe people need to spend more time with other humans rather than dogs. A whole philosophical issue.

let along dog food industry

I'm somewhat meh about inflicting life style choices on children. They can decide as educated adults

Yes very true. We eat and buy what we are conditioned to - plus advertising. Teens tend to become veggie when they feel old enough to follow their own preferences. I find younger kids don’t tend to think of the food on their plate as once being a living creature.

@ZeroFuchsGiven

you can feed your family other stuff, no one needs to have meat in every single dinner

Did the poster say it was chicken three times a day??

@DuckBilledFattypus

I don’t get how a person can literally give no fucks about the suffering of another loving creature

but well i mean at least you’re honest Hun 🤷‍♀️

People can feed their families what they want. It's up to them to decide.

Agree with this.

I haven’t eaten chicken in awhile as I prefer to choose high welfare organic and that is way too much money for me now.

I'd love more tips on eating more vegan meals but not ultra processed fake meat.

But I'm scared to ask because threads like these are literally terrifying!

@CollieWobble22 I think look at cultures where vegetarian/ vegan is common.

Eg Indian vegetarian food doesn’t include eggs. And it’s easy to swap ghee for oil or not add yoghurt. Vegan yoghurt tastes the same.

Says the one who seems to be enjoying trying to upset others with silly answers.

I have no issue with someone having a different opinion to me. I don’t eat animal products and my partner of 20 years does. He doesn’t act like a silly child about it though.

Nearly all Indian meals. Lots of Asian cuisine: Malaysian, Sri Lankan, Thai minus fish sauce.... Mediterrean, Mexican also have meals that can be adapted to be vegan perhaps ( though I am not vegan).

There’s a vegan board on mumsnet with people that would be happy to help with meal ideas or recommend good recipe books. It’s very civilised over there. 😉

i use tinned green lentils as a substitute for meat in things like shepherds pie, spag bol, chilli.

No thanks.

I live in Wales our Welsh lamb is so expensive £26 per kilo. It annoys me that protestors outside supermarket here meant they won't sell New Zealand lamb anymore. Which as well as being cheaper tastes better. Especially early lamb which have lived mostly on nuts rather than grass etc. Chicken used to be an expensive treat when I was a child now it's Welsh lamb and Welsh beef

I think people with attitudes towards animals like Fatty are best ignored. Most meat eaters I know do say they care about animals and don’t like to think that they suffer. I don’t come across many people that say they don’t care about the animals at all. I think that sort of attitude is a bit psychopathic or probably more likely just attention seeking.

Welfare standards for farm animals in the UK are pretty good. And as I see farm animals as food, then I don't see the problem here. Plenty of meat eaters in the UK who clearly see it the same way. It hardly makes me psychopathic or attention seeking to have take that postion. There's some very rude posters on here today. Veganism seems to bring out the worst in some people.