We're doing our best. The Dutch are eating a little more meat again

We're doing our stinky best to screw humanity up.

Well, the Dutch keep it up, the faster, the better that humanity is eradicated by species. Then nature can take its course again. Maybe humanity will have another chance.

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Meat consumption
The decline in meat consumption faltered last year, Wageningen researchers saw. In the second corona year, 2021, the Dutch started eating a little more meat than in 2020. Per capita, they consumed 761 kilos of meat last year. This is evident from research by Wageningen Economic Research commissioned by the animal welfare organization Wakker Dier. In 2020, the Dutch ate an average of 759 kilos of meat and meats. Since the first counts, in 2005, consumption has not fallen below 76 kilos before. In 2019, it was still 778 kilos. The researchers look at slaughters, imports and exports and stock changes. It's about the amount of meat with bone. About half of that remains on the board. The figures do not show that the Dutch consciously opt for less meat. “The lower consumption seems to be the result of the corona restrictions rather than changing meat preferences” The question is also how choices will change. Consumers may first move to cheaper products before abandoning meat.

From expensive to cheaper restaurants, from steak to minced meat and from organic to free-range meat, for example. Market researcher IRI reported last month that sales of meat substitutes are now declining after years of growth. This is while meat substitutes have actually become cheaper compared to meat. There are also signs that demand for organic products is stagnating. Earlier this week, environmental organization Feedback EU found in a report on meat and dairy that supermarkets are doing too little to reduce their climate impact. The organization denounces the lack of transparency at supermarkets about emissions and the sale of animal products. Only Lidl does this specifically for the Netherlands and writes that the total emissions correspond to the energy consumption of 3 million Dutch households. According to Ahold, meat and dairy are responsible for more than a third of the emissions in its production chains. These are also the only supermarkets that are slightly open about the share of meat and dairy in their turnover: more than a quarter.

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