An educational guide issued to schools recommending a reduction in meat and dairy consumption has prompted an angry response from the farming sector demanding its immediate withdrawal. The offending advice was part of An Taisce’s online Green-Schools teaching aid promoting climate change awareness and advice. In one section it recommends a “goal for improvement” to reduce the volume of meat and dairy consumption in schools and suggests students hold a vegetarian or vegan “pot luck taster” involving swapping recipes. While this “goal” sits alongside other aims to reduce vehicle emissions and single-use plastic use, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) took exception. Its president Joe Healy dismissed the segment as “propaganda” and said dietary advice offered by An Taisce “crossed the line”.

Source: The Irish Times April 04, 2019 17:48 UTC