Have you signed the European Citizen’s Initiative „End the slaughter age“?

12 comments

1. no thanks

2. Who’s eating the grass instead?

3. I can buy the environment benefit, but is it healthier for humans to have a plant only diet?

4. I wanted to sign it because I’m all for changing how things are right now and I’m a vegetarian myself. But just plain stopping all subsidies to the farming industry seems like it would create so many more problems than it would solve. Like civil unrest type of stuff. A lot of people depend on farming for their livelihoods so while I do agree that mass farming is in many ways absolutely horrible, I’m afraid the more realistic option is phasing it out like we’re doing with combustion engines. And finding ways to incorporate the people who would losing their jobs into this new industry if they want to.

5. I love eating meat

6. Hey we can post politics here ? Let me introduce then the « défend Europe initiative »

7. I’m a recycling vegetarian. I eat the cow’s that eat the grass.

8. I know you mean well with this post but we should know by now that “lecturing” people on moral standards does only trigger a reinforcement of the opposite way of thinking.
   Also in a cost of living crisis, what you are asking is to have people pay significantly more to feed their families based solely on your perceived moral standard.

   And while I share your view on this specific issue, the approach of enforcing subjective moral standards opens a can of worms in terms of questions that go in a similar direction but that I would certainly oppose (ICE prohibition for example).

9. Thanks for having shared this with us

10. “Friendly plant based alternatives” 🤢

11. I’m all for directing EU subsidies away from meat production and towards more environmentally friendly things. And I eat meat, but only occasionally, and I think it’s too cheap.

12. Thank you for sharing!
    Animal farming is one of the most energy intensive and distructive practices affecting our planet. It’s a touchy subject but much like climate change, we have to confront it sooner or later. Redistributing subsidies towards plant-based alternatives and cell culture sounds like an excellent idea to move towards GHG emissions reduction and more compassionate products. And love to see the support for cell-cultures. There are a few companies emerging in this field (Memphis Meat, Mosa Meats etc.), but the whole sector could really use more financial support if we ever hope to make lab grown meat more affordable.