The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Turkey Meat Products

Thanksgiving is an annual nationwide festival featuring traditional dishes including religious ceremonies and turkeys. At Charles Mann 's National Geographic magazine "America Found and Lost" I discussed the first Thanksgiving Holiday dinner in the UK. On December 4, 1619, 30 miles west of Jamestown was held at Barkly Hood Red, a brand new farm. During the first Thanksgiving dinner, the settlers ate quite a feast.

From long ago people have religiously or governmental restrictions on the slaughter, processing, distribution and consumption of meat products, associating "dirty" meat with diseases. Religious limitations of eating certain meat products originate in the Bible era and still exist today. In ancient times, pigs are infected by trichinosis, an intramuscular parasite, and those who ate immature pork were sick. Long before the actual causes of trichinosis and other diseases are known, a religious ban on pork consumption may avoid serious public health problems. Even today, Rabbis and their representatives still decide whether Kosher's ritual meets the requirements of the ritual.

Our meat consumption habit has had a serious impact on the environment. According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), large amounts of pesticides, chemical fertilizers, fuel, feed, and water are needed for meat production, processing and distribution, but greenhouse gases, feces, various hazardous chemical substances are released into the atmosphere and water . In the life cycle analysis conducted by EWG, lean meat such as beef and mutton emits greenhouse gases 10 to 40 times more than ordinary vegetables and cereals, considering the production and distribution of 20 common agricultural products To do.

Meat production accounts for 14.5% of the world's anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, probably as much as 51%. However, the emission of greenhouse gases depends on the economy and the country. Animal products (meat, fish, dairy products) account for 22%, 65%, 70% of moderate to moderate meals. It is a high-income country. Since emissions from Brazil and Australia exceeds each income group's average by over 200% and is promoted by consumption of meat, peers in the same group have quite different impacts.