{"id":967085,"date":"2021-11-04T11:13:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=967085"},"modified":"2021-11-04T11:13:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:13:48","slug":"helsinki-govt-to-stop-serving-meat-and-milk-to-fight-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/helsinki-govt-to-stop-serving-meat-and-milk-to-fight-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Helsinki Govt to Stop Serving Meat and Milk to Fight Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fhelsinki-govt-to-stop-serving-meat-and-milk-to-fight-climate-change%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=967085&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1212192249-e1635962971476-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Helsinki\u2019s local government has decided that as of next year it will no longer be serving meat at city events after recommendations from its climate team manager.<\/p>\n<p>The local government of the Finnish capital will no longer serve any meat products at official events,&nbsp;only serving seasonal vegetarian food and fish. Oat-based \u201cmilk\u201d will replace cow\u2019s milk for coffee and tea. They also will no longer&nbsp;use any disposable containers.<\/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>Johanna af H\u00e4llstr\u00f6m, manager of the city\u2019s climate team,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/yle.fi\/uutiset\/3-12170958\">spoke to<\/a>&nbsp;public broadcaster YLE about the new policy, saying: \u201cThis is one way among others to reduce the climate impact of food and reduce the amount of natural resources used by the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Af H\u00e4llstr\u00f6m added that the new policy does not affect meals in schools or in elderly care homes and will just be the policy at public events, workshops, and seminars put on by the city. According to YLE, Helsinki has also set a goal of halving all use of milk and meat products by 2025.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.639751552795\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Increase Meat and Dairy Prices to Tackle Climate Change, Cambridge Report Demands <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nva45QrWKh\">https:\/\/t.co\/Nva45QrWKh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1446421108970778627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In 2019,&nbsp;the broadcaster noted that Finns consume around<a href=\"https:\/\/yle.fi\/uutiset\/3-10915222\"> 167 pounds of meat per year<\/a>, up from less than 88 pounds in 1960. Experts such as&nbsp;Mikael Fogelholm, professor of nutrition at the University of Helsinki, say there is no simple way to reduce consumption because meat has such a strong place in Finnish food culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoliticians are very relaxed about putting a tax on meat and that\u2019s how it\u2019s solved. A meat tax can be one way among many if someone tells you how to tax red meat in a sensible way,\u201d Fogelholm said.<\/p>\n<p>The move by the city of Helsinki comes just a month after a Cambridge University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/08\/increase-meat-dairy-prices-tackle-climate-change-cambridge\/\">report<\/a> called for foods such as meat and dairy to be made more expensive in order to fight climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterventions that decrease the affordability of unhealthy unsustainable options and increase the affordability of healthier sustainable options would also help change public behaviour,\u201d the report said, arguing that governments could use taxes and price mechanisms to influence the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncrease prices of carbon-intense foods, including processed and red meat, dairy products and ultra-processed foods,\u201d the report said and advocated for reductions in prices for plant-based foods.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9875776397516\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tax-Funded Research: Britons Could Live off Bug Meat by 2030 Because \u2018Net Zero\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BqKM27jRlS\">https:\/\/t.co\/BqKM27jRlS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1421158648114520067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helsinki\u2019s local government has decided that as of next year it will no longer be serving meat at city events after recommendations from its climate team manager. 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