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TexasTowelie

(116,810 posts)
Thu May 6, 2021, 09:57 PM May 2021

Nebraska launches 'beef passport' program for meat eating

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts ramped up his crusade for the meat industry on Wednesday by endorsing a new “beef passport” program to promote meat eating, a few weeks after he blasted Colorado’s governor for a resolution encouraging its residents to eat less.

Ricketts, a Republican, cast meat as essential to his state’s economy and the nation’s food security. He criticized “radical environmentalists” and Bill Gates for promoting alternatives, such as synthetic, lab-grown meat, and for arguing that the current global meat production system isn’t sustainable.

“If you do away with the beef industry, you’re going to be devastating Nebraska,” Ricketts said at a downtown Lincoln steak house, where he issued his annual proclamation of May as “Beef Month.” “It would have a huge impact on our small towns and rural communities.”

Nebraska is one of the nation’s top beef-producing states, and much of the corn it produces is used for livestock feed.

Read more: https://triblive.com/news/world/nebraska-launches-beef-passport-program-for-meat-eating/

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Nebraska launches 'beef passport' program for meat eating (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2021 OP
humans have zero need to eat cows nt msongs May 2021 #1
thank you... bahboo May 2021 #6
Finally, an issue in which I can be a bipartisan... VarryOn May 2021 #2
I see that you're a PETA member-- TexasTowelie May 2021 #3
You made my day! VarryOn May 2021 #5
There's plenty of room for all God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes . . . Journeyman May 2021 #7
Meat is filthy and wastes resources Ziggysmom May 2021 #4
I love beef, rownesheck May 2021 #8
When I lived in Austin during the 90s, a number of my friends went either vegan TexasTowelie May 2021 #9

TexasTowelie

(116,810 posts)
3. I see that you're a PETA member--
Thu May 6, 2021, 10:14 PM
May 2021

People Eating Tasty Animals.

Yes, I wouldn't mind a porterhouse steak myself.

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
5. You made my day!
Thu May 6, 2021, 10:17 PM
May 2021

I was hesitant to post my beef love. If I'm ever given a last meal, I'm asking for a ribeye and baked potato!

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
8. I love beef,
Fri May 7, 2021, 07:06 AM
May 2021

but my immaturity outweighs my love of beef. I'm considering going vegan just to piss off my right wing family.

TexasTowelie

(116,810 posts)
9. When I lived in Austin during the 90s, a number of my friends went either vegan
Fri May 7, 2021, 07:35 AM
May 2021

or vegetarian. It reached a point that I didn't have any friends that I could share a meal with so it did impact my social life to an extent. Oddly enough, every one of those friends eventually returned to consuming meat after they showed signs of protein deficiency.

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