DAIRY INTOLERANCE: Animal rights and vegan activists blockade largest dairy factory in UK
Some 13 of the world's biggest dairy firms contributed more greenhouse gas pollution in 2017 than mining and oil giants BHP and ConocoPhillips.
NICK HARDINGES: Animal Rebellion protesters have blockaded the largest dairy factory in the UK by locking themselves onto bamboo structures and concrete barricades. Some 50 climate activists who support the animal rights group occupied the Aylesbury distribution centre of Arla Foods early on Tuesday morning… Some 13 of the world’s biggest dairy firms contributed more greenhouse gas pollution in 2017 than mining and oil giants BHP and ConocoPhillips…
They are calling on the multinational company to switch to plant-based production by 2025 and said they will not move until the firm commits to their demand and funds a transition for its workers. Arla is one of the largest dairy manufacturers in the world and its factory where the protest is taking place provides roughly 10 per cent of the UK’s milk supply – around 2.7 million litres a day…
Animal Rebellion said it was targeting the planet’s largest dairy corporations, including Arla, due to their significant contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions… James Ozden, a spokesperson for the group, said: “The recent IPCC report issued a code red warning on the impacts of the climate crisis. It spoke of a need for urgent action from our government to address carbon emissions, including methane which is in large part a byproduct of animal farming”.
“Companies like Arla claim to be leading the way in tackling the climate crisis, yet until these big multinationals start to talk seriously about the inevitable need to transition our food system to one that is plant-based, their words are empty”, Mr Ozden added… “The dairy industry abuses animals, the planet and workers, who are increasingly squeezed by big business. “Arla say they’re pro-worker but lobby for supermarket contracts that sell milk for less than water”. SOURCE…