‘Rural fightback’ as another council set to join Cornwall in resisting meat and dairy ban
Cornwall Council is leading the way in the fight to keep meat on the menu and ensure farmers get backing from local authorities.
Campaigners have heralded the decision by the West Country body to proactively source local, seasonal produce – explicitly including meat and dairy – at council events, while encouraging residents to ‘shop locally’ and urging them to take advantage of ‘home-grown, affordable, nutritious food’, as a ‘rural fightback
The move comes in the face of several motions passed at other councils across the country, which encourage residents to buy ‘plant-based’ produce in a move away from meat and dairy, while also committing to only source vegan options for councillors at events.
The pledge has received backing from rural campaigners Countryside Alliance which is turning to Northamptonshire, where a unitary authority there is also now set to vote on a similar motion.
Conservative councillor Scott Brown, who sits on North Northamptonshire Council (NNC), one of two local government districts in the East Midlands county, has tabled a motion which, if passed, will ‘encourage people to shop locally, taking advantage of home-grown, affordable and nutritious food, both plant and meat based, thus reducing the food miles on our plates’.
by Jane Thynne | Farmers Guardian
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