#afluenza: As it turns out, beef producers aren’t the only ones getting older. A recent study from Tulane University in New Orleans found that 12 percent of Americans account for 50 percent of beef consumption in the U.S. Most of this consumption is done by middle-aged males, while beef consumption is lower among younger consumers and college graduates. The study is sparking concerns — and hopes — that America’s population could be aging out of beef.
#CattleWreckedLandscapeByBibleBeefAndBullets
https://ambrook.com/research/studies/beef-consumption-middle-aged-men?utm_source=Ambrook+Research+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b624bc2c53-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_06_26_02_47_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d85bfec4c4-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
#AcceleratingKeelingCurve
Aging Out of Beef | Ambrook Research
New research exposes how America’s beef industry is increasingly propped up by the consumption habits of middle-aged men.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-malawi-labourers-farms-shortage-workers
#BidenNailsUNCoffin: HRDC also raised concerns about a report in The Guardian revealing that some migrant workers were unable to return home to their families after the October attacks because they were riddled with debt from high fees – sometimes tens of thousands of dollars – they were made to pay by recruitment agencies before travelling to work in Israel.
#PlanetOfSlums #IronDomeForTheRich #surveillancecapitalism #WaterUseConflict #Afluenza #AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs #EmissionsInEquality
Malawi sends labourers to Israeli farms amid shortage of workers
As Israel reels under a labour crisis sparked by the exodus of foreign workers, Malawi steps in to help following aid package
https://www.oneearth.org/planetarian-diet/
According to the EAT-Lancet Commission, a scientific initiative tasked with defining targets for #sustainable #food production, global food production—especially factory-farmed #redmeat— is one of the most significant drivers of #environmental #degradation, #climateinstability, and #biodiversity loss.
#PlanetaryBoundaries #EatYourYard #afluenza
The Planetarian Diet: Eating to heal the Earth and ourselves | One Earth
The ‘Planetarian Diet’ is a climate-friendly approach to meal planning, recommended by One Earth, which combines three key strategies—reducing meat intake, minimizing food waste, and promoting bioregional sourcing—to create a delicious solution for a thriving planet.
Built structures influence patterns of energy demand and CO2 emissions across countries - Nature Communications
Extent and spatial patterns of settlements and infrastructures strongly affect resource demand of national economies worldwide. Their influence on final energy and CO2 emissions is almost as large as that of gross domestic product (GDP).
Global diabetes cases on pace to soar to 1.3 billion people in the next 3 decades, new study finds
Diabetes rates across the world have been rising steadily since the early 1990s, when this data was first estimated. That trend is only going up.
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