Why are veganism and vegetarianism dangerous? The first question to be asked is of course: for whom are veganism and vegetarianism dangerous?
The answer is simple and straightforward: veganism and vegetarianism are only dangerous for the multinational food industry.
The multinational food industry is responsible for 15% of human-produced greenhouse gas emissions.
Moreover, the multinational food industry is responsible for more than 90% of the destruction of the Amazon forests.
The advantages of organic farming vastly outweigh those of conventional farming. However, the conversion from conventional to organic food production is one of the most challenging endeavors of the 21st century.
To illustrate the truth of both these arguments, I will explain what the challenges are of the conversion. I use the results from a research assignment two of my colleagues and I performed in 2002 and 2003 in The Netherlands.
A provincial board decided to join the national endeavor for an organic agricultural area of 10% in 2010. The most obvious expansion of organic agriculture in this province is that of organic dairy farming.
The importance of customer loyalty is overlooked by the agrifood chain. The loyalty of consumers is questioned by acting as if they’re stupid. That is one of the opinions I shared in the series of articles I recently wrote about the agrifood complex and its impact on customers.
The first article discussed the food anxiety depression that’s sold to us by governments, agrifood businesses, and scientists.
The second article introduced the debate about food safety.
The third article explained the complexity of the debate about food and the food industry.
In this article, I express my surprise about the lack of the food industry’s confidence in their own capacities. I will illustrate this with two examples. The first is the dairy debate that emerged in The Netherlands at the beginning of the 21st century. The next is the false claims in the European Parliament that the European Green Deal will cause food shortages.