Vegetarians must be annoyed -
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...uckinghamshire
Vegan environmental activists have blockaded a dairy distribution centre in Buckinghamshire, which they say handles one-tenth of the milk supply in the UK, while a dozen other activists have sought to occupy the headquarters of WWF.
About 50 activists from Animal Rebellion, a sister group to Extinction Rebellion, blocked the gates to the Arla distribution centre near Aylesbury, locking on to bamboo structures and concrete barricades to prevent lorries from gaining access.
Pictures circulated by the group showed activists locked on to at least one precarious bamboo structure, and others chained together beneath a van with a banner stretched across one side reading “Plant-based by 2025”.
They are demanding that Arla, a Denmark-based multinational food conglomerate with an annual turnover of about €10bn, switches entirely to plant-based foods by 2025.
James Ozden, one of the group, said they had began their direct action at about 5am, with activists walking into the Aylesbury site and assembling their lock-on structures. By 9am about 10 police officers had arrived, he said. Workers and drivers expecting to work from the site were standing around outside.
Ozden pointed to the recent IPCC report on the need for drastic action on greenhouse gas emissions “including methane, which is in large part a byproduct of animal farming”.
He said: “Companies like Arla claim to be leading the way in tackling the climate crisis, yet until these big multinationals start to talk seriously about the inevitable need to transition our food system to one that is plant-based, their words are empty.”
Arla said it was a farmers’ cooperative committed to producing dairy products in the most sustainable way possible, and that it intends to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...uckinghamshire
Vegan environmental activists have blockaded a dairy distribution centre in Buckinghamshire, which they say handles one-tenth of the milk supply in the UK, while a dozen other activists have sought to occupy the headquarters of WWF.
About 50 activists from Animal Rebellion, a sister group to Extinction Rebellion, blocked the gates to the Arla distribution centre near Aylesbury, locking on to bamboo structures and concrete barricades to prevent lorries from gaining access.
Pictures circulated by the group showed activists locked on to at least one precarious bamboo structure, and others chained together beneath a van with a banner stretched across one side reading “Plant-based by 2025”.
They are demanding that Arla, a Denmark-based multinational food conglomerate with an annual turnover of about €10bn, switches entirely to plant-based foods by 2025.
James Ozden, one of the group, said they had began their direct action at about 5am, with activists walking into the Aylesbury site and assembling their lock-on structures. By 9am about 10 police officers had arrived, he said. Workers and drivers expecting to work from the site were standing around outside.
Ozden pointed to the recent IPCC report on the need for drastic action on greenhouse gas emissions “including methane, which is in large part a byproduct of animal farming”.
He said: “Companies like Arla claim to be leading the way in tackling the climate crisis, yet until these big multinationals start to talk seriously about the inevitable need to transition our food system to one that is plant-based, their words are empty.”
Arla said it was a farmers’ cooperative committed to producing dairy products in the most sustainable way possible, and that it intends to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
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