Environment

French Minister of Ecology: Maybe we should eat less meat

Paris, Jul 13 (EFE) .- (Camera: María Díaz Valderrama) "Eat less and better quality meat." This is what the French Minister of Ecological Transition, Barbara Pompili, advocates in an interview with EFE. The minister has decided to introduce vegetarian dishes in school canteens as a way to preserve the environment.INTERVIEW WITH POMPILI.Translation:"It is a cultural evolution because in France we are used to eating a dish that contains meat and a side dish, it is part of our cultural and gastronomic heritage, but we know that, according to several studies, eating too much meat, exceeding our needs, is not good for our health, although eating meat is good for our health. Too much is to eat every day in different meals and more red meat in relation to others. To eat well you have to eat balanced and in a varied way, eat less and higher quality meat, which may be a bit more expensive, but is a delight for the palate. And apart from that, obtain other types of nutrients, especially those that come from vegetable proteins or animal proteins from eggs and milk.""In general, when you hear the expression 'punitive ecology', it comes from people who do not want anything to change, I confirm that inaction is paid, we have lived in France, and also in Spain, extreme weather events, with serious consequences, we have suffered droughts , floods in the Maritime Alps, with severe damage, the punitive thing is to do nothing, the same with air pollution, in France 40,000 people die every year from air pollution, it is the third cause of preventable deaths in France, behind tobacco and alcohol, that is punitive. Now we have to leave the era in which we opposed ecology, it is absurd to oppose ecology for economic development, the economic development of tomorrow goes through the ecological transition, the sectors that keep that transition in mind will flourish tomorrow."