PETA to Hormel: Report greenhouse gas impact

Here's a resoultion that Hormel-shareholder PETA is proposing to the Austin-based meat giant:

PETA, which owns 100 shares of meatpacking giant Hormel Foods as part of its corporate responsibility project, has submitted a shareholder resolution calling on the Austin, Minn.-based company to include information on all of its meat packages about the greenhouse-gas "footprint" that the meat passes on to consumers.

PETA points out that shoppers are increasingly concerned about global warming and that meat production is the leading cause of greenhouse-gas emissions. PETA also notes that some food companies have already begun printing greenhouse-gas emissions levels per serving on product labels--but Hormel is not among them.

The resolution represents a new tactic in PETA's international campaign against factory farming. The following are just a few of the recent findings about meat's devastating impact on the environment:

• U.N. scientists have determined that raising animals for food generates more greenhouse-gas emissions than all the cars, SUVs, trucks, and planes in the world combined.

• Researchers at the University of Chicago have determined that switching to a vegan diet is more effective in countering global warming than switching from a standard car to a Toyota Prius.

• According to Environmental Defense, if every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetarian foods instead, the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than a half-million cars off U.S. roads.

PETA will file an identical resolution with meat giant Tyson Foods later this week.

Comments

[NW Roch]

Let's not kid ourselves that PETA is concerned about the environment... It's simply another argument for them to use in their efforts to make animals equal to humans and to prevent us from eating them.

Direct from PETA's FAQ:
People who support animal rights believe that animals are not ours to use for food, clothing, entertainment, experimentation, or any other purpose...

Please excuse me while I get back to my BBQ ribs.