A rough transcript of my speech at the Oxford Farmers’ Conference debate, on the motion “This House Believes Eating Meat Will Be A Thing of the Past by 2100”
Category: food
We Can’t Keep Eating Like This
This is the question everyone should be attending to – where is the food going to come from?
The Meat of the Matter
Farming animals is as unsustainable as mining coal.
Game of Chicken
Global trade once made us rich. Now it unleashes a full-spectrum assault on our well-being.
Stock Answer
Why I took the plunge at last and converted (almost) to veganism
Sacrifice
The joints of meat that do more damage than a long-haul flight
Pregnant Silence
It’s about time we discussed the real population crisis.
The Dawning
How I caught a glimpse, through the unlikely medium of roadkill, of what lies beneath.
Slim Chance
New evidence suggests that obesity might be incurable. So why does the government propose to punish sufferers?
Ploughing On Regardless
Almost all other issues are superficial by comparison to soil loss. So why don’t we talk about it?
Overgrowth
Every child should visit an abattoir. If you disagree, ask yourself why.
Wrong About Being Wrong
The argument seems, once more, decisively to favour veganism.
Recipes for Disaster
Isn’t it about time the media stopped publishing recipes for threatened fish?
The Mind Thieves
The evidence linking Alzheimer’s disease to the food industry is strong and growing.
Hunger Games
The rich world is causing the famines it claims to be preventing.
Mutually Assured Depletion
The EU, Norway, Iceland and the Faroes all blame each other for smashing the last great fish stock. All are wrong.
Has-Beans
The government and the industry promised that they had dealt with aminopyralid poisoning. They haven’t.
The Press Gang
How to make and store your own apple juice.
Strong Meat
A new book has forced me to reconsider my views on food.
Towering Lunacy
Green enthusiasm for vertical farms shows that no one is untouched by magical thinking.