{"id":46288,"date":"2022-06-21T10:20:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T08:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/?p=46288"},"modified":"2022-06-21T10:20:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T08:20:54","slug":"poll-1-in-2-europeans-against-spending-public-money-on-meat-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/nature-food\/46288\/poll-1-in-2-europeans-against-spending-public-money-on-meat-advertising\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: 1 in 2 Europeans against spending public money on meat advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brussels, 21 June 2022<\/strong> \u2013 Over half of Europeans agree that public authorities should not fund marketing aimed at increasing meat consumption, according to a poll Greenpeace France commissioned in eight European countries. [1]<\/p>\n\n

The new findings come while the European Commission is considering whether to continue funding advertising campaigns that include meat products as part of its farm product promotion policy. In the past five years alone, the Commission has spent \u20ac143 million<\/a> to promote meat products.<\/p>\n\n

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The poll found that 51% of all respondents believe that public authorities shouldn\u2019t be funding meat marketing, while only 22% think that they should. Excluding the people that neither agree nor disagree, almost 70% of respondents said that public authorities should not promote meat consumption.<\/p>\n\n

**Full poll results available upon request**<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace EU agriculture policy director Marco Contiero <\/strong>said: \u201cAs if the climate crisis wasn\u2019t enough reason to eat less meat, the war in Ukraine has highlighted just how much grain is used as animal feed as people begin to worry about supply shortages. Eating less meat is better for our health, for nature, for the climate and the easiest way to make sure everyone has enough to eat. It\u2019s ridiculous that the EU and governments spend taxpayers\u2019 money to actively drive meat consumption in the wrong direction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Public awareness about the negative impacts on climate and the environment caused by the current livestock production and consumption is still very low. Only 52% of all respondents see negative impacts on the climate as a result of the industrial production of meat and dairy. Only 50% of the people surveyed saw a link with deforestation and nature destruction, both locally and globally. Yet, scientists agree that animal farming makes a large contribution to the climate crisis<\/a> and biodiversity loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Grain and Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has led to concerns about supplies of wheat and other farm products. An 8% reduction in the use of cereals for animal feed in the EU would save enough wheat to make up for the expected deficit in Ukraine as a result of Russia\u2019s invasion, according to calculations<\/a> by Greenpeace.<\/p>\n\n

Conclusions and findings of the poll:<\/strong>

On the awareness <\/strong>of the animal farming impacts:<\/p>\n\n