The White House on Wednesday argued that ranchers and farmers should still try to reduce cattle emissions in order to prevent climate change, which would also help reduce meat prices.
National Economic Council director Brian Deese blamed industry consolidation and supply chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic for rising meat prices.
But he also warned about supply disruptions caused by climate change.
“Resilience is also important with respect to the realities of a climate-affected world and a climate-affected country,” Deese said in response to a reporter who asked him about emissions caused by meat production.
The left frequently argues against meat consumption, noting that the methane gas issued by cow farts hurts the ozone layer protecting the earth.
Deese pointed to recent “extreme” natural disasters, such as wildfires, flooding, and hurricanes — which he blamed on climate change — for disrupting supply chains.
He added that the Biden administration would continue pushing more farmers and ranchers to produce products that would actually help reduce emissions.
Deese said Biden wanted to continue “transitioning our agricultural system to be part of an effort to actually reduce emissions across the board.”
He argued that it was possible for farms and ranges to make the transition without raising prices for groceries in the United States.
“We can do that in a way that actually doesn’t end up in a situation where American consumers are left paying higher prices and Americans farmers are left with less income,” he said.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack spoke about the Biden administration creating ways for farmers to convert agricultural waste into products that would give them more return on their investments.
“That is a real possibility in this administration with the passage of the reconciliation bill and the infrastructure bill,” he said.
Deese said that meat prices, such as for beef, chicken, and pork, were the primary cause of heightened grocery prices across the country.
“If you take out those three categories we’ve actually seen price increases that are more in line with historical norms,” he said.
Deese also blamed the increased consolidation of meat production facilities for keeping prices high, which he said raised “concerns” of companies “pandemic profiteering” without passing on their record profits to farmers and ranchers.
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I cannot believe there are actually people this insane on this Earth — let alone voted into the highest office in the land. As the song by 10 years after asks: “tell me where there’s sanity”… cow farts are even more irrelevant to Earth’s temperature than CO2.
National Economic Council director Brian Deese — Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
Experts? Hands-on experience? How many years/generations have their families been farming/ranching? Did they grow up milking cows and slopping pigs?
These jokers are political appointees. The fact that they know nothing about the activities of the Departments they head is meaningless.
On the irrelevance of cattle in the climate change context
https://tambonthongchai.com/2020/06/19/vegandiet/
Who is stupid enough to think Cow Farts are contributing to Global Warming/Climate Change since Livestock have been on Earth for Eons But you can bet those idiots from PETA/HSUS will be using this since the founder of PETA Ingrid Newkirk is trying to force their stupid philosephies upon us all
Since there were millions of bison in the USA when settlers arrived, did they then slaughter so many to save the planet from their farts?
The only answer to this insanity is to vote them out of office.
All talk and no action is useless.
Get out the conservative vote.
From the article, “We can do that in a way that actually doesn’t end up in a situation where American consumers are left paying higher prices and Americans farmers are left with less income.” We have heard this sort of thing before. In the UK they were told that going to green energy would lower their electric rates. In reality green energy tripled those rates.