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Nebraska Farm Bureau criticizes De Blasio’s anti-meat stance

Nebraska Farm Bureau has sent a letter to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, criticizing his plan to slash meat consumption in schools and other city facilities.

As part of his plan to combat global warming, De Blasio wants to reduce purchases of beef by 50 percent at all city-controlled facilities, including schools, prisons and hospitals. 

Nebraska Farm Bureau president Steve Nelson says De Blasio’s plan “ignores both climate and nutritional science, and only serves to further divide urban and rural populations”.

“Unfortunately, one of the most harmful and erroneous myths that exist in public discourse today is that U.S. beef production is destroying the planet,” Nelson says. “The truth, which is backed by peer-reviewed science, is that U.S. beef producers are producing far more beef with fewer inputs and contribute fewer greenhouse gas emissions than what they are blamed for.”

Nelson discusses their letter to De Blasio in this interview with Brownfield.