{"id":1055014,"date":"2021-11-25T14:13:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T19:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055014"},"modified":"2021-11-25T14:13:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T19:13:53","slug":"climate-change-activists-ditch-the-turkey-put-crickets-in-your-pie-crust-on-non-religious-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-change-activists-ditch-the-turkey-put-crickets-in-your-pie-crust-on-non-religious-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change Activists: Ditch the Turkey, Put Crickets in Your Pie Crust on \u2018Non-Religious\u2019 Thanksgiving\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclimate-change-activists-ditch-the-turkey-put-crickets-in-your-pie-crust-on-non-religious-thanksgiving%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055014&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The narrative that the planet and its inhabitants face eventual extinction if humans don\u2019t end climate change has landed on the table as Americans sit down for Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consequences of a warming world have challenged farmers and food systems throughout the United States,\u201d is the gloomy beginning of a <em>Washington Post<\/em> article that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-solutions\/interactive\/2021\/thanksgiving-climate-change-food\/\">seeks<\/a> to end another piece of American traditions one dish at a time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The <em>Post<\/em> claims drought, heat waves, and wildfires in the western United States are the result of climate change. And in the northeast it is cranberries that suffer because of \u201cbudding earlier, making them more vulnerable to frost damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And in the Southeast, changes in the weather<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>are forcing farmers to \u201cmove turkeys north\u201d to drier ground.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18866794\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/thanksgiving-holiday-turkey-oven-dinner-stock-pexels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18866794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/thanksgiving-holiday-turkey-oven-dinner-stock-pexels.jpg\" alt=\"Thanksgiving turkey in the oven --stock\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Thanksgiving turkey in the oven. (Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAgriculture definitely stands to be impacted by climate change,\u201d Sonali McDermid, a climate scientist and associate professor of environmental studies at New York University, said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>McDermid expresses distain for agriculture, not as a victim but a driver of the changing weather.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Post<\/em> actually described Thanksgiving as \u201cone of the few nonreligious American holidays that most Americans celebrate.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18841130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1336230673.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18841130 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1336230673-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Thanksgiving (Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thanksgiving is \u201ccentered around the notion of gathering for the autumnal harvest,\u201d according to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Amy Bentley, professor of food studies at New York University.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Post<\/em> reported on the problematic holiday:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"21.295060080107\">\n<p>But food production is the largest cause of global environmental change, according a report authored by a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/o\/JHv3q\/https:\/\/eatforum.org\/eat-lancet-commission\/\">consortium of scientists<\/a>. Agriculture is responsible for up to 30 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions and 70 percent of freshwater use.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a complicated dynamic: To mitigate the effects of global warming, we need to change agricultural practices. But food is already changing because of the warming climate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can bet that under climate change scenarios, corn, cranberries, leafy greens like creamed spinach [and] turkey \u2014 all of these commodities are going to be constrained,\u201d said Jessica Fanzo, professor of global food and agricultural policy and ethics at Johns Hopkins University and one of the authors of the report.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em>Post<\/em> then included a list, abbreviated here, to make your Thanksgiving political correct:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ditch the turkey that helps the economies of eight states \u2014 California, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Indiana, Virginia, and North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>But raising turkeys hurts the planet, so a better choice is wild boar. That way you can help reduce a species that hurts the environment but cut back on polluting turkeys.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>And globalist Bill Gates and Richard Branson are working to stop farming with lab-grown meat.<\/p>\n<p>Better yet, forget delicious protein all together and put plant-based food on the Thanksgiving table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the solutions that\u2019s kind of staring us in the face is to reduce our reliance on animal agriculture,\u201d McDermid said. \u201cI do see that as being something that is widely accepted in 2050, to have these alternatives on the table substituting for turkey.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>But even side dishes are under assault. Wheat is headed for disaster because of drought and flooding, according to the <em>Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As for veggies: Potatoes, green beans, and Brussels sprouts \u201cwill suffer a similar fate when faced with extreme weather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three more tips from the <em>Post<\/em> for your Thanksgiving pleasure include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Swap pumpkin to prickly pear for the annual dessert.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Consider adding crickets to your pie crust: Studies show that crickets, grasshoppers and weevils are rich in protein and minerals including iron, zinc, copper and magnesium and that farming insects has environmental benefits including less land and water use and lower greenhouse-gas emissions.<\/li>\n<li>Trade your champagne for beer made with Kernza. Kernza in flour format can also be used in pie crusts and dinner rolls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, Thanksgiving is more about community than food,\u201d the <em>Post<\/em> argues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think that [there is] growing acceptance that Thanksgiving is not about what exactly is on the table, but about who is at the table,\u201d McDermid said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The narrative that the planet and its inhabitants face eventual extinction if humans don\u2019t end climate change has landed on the table as Americans sit down for Thanksgiving. \u201cThe consequences &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}