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EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems
IATP: Emissions Impossible - How big meat and dairy are heating up the planet
IATP: Milking the Planet: How Big Dairy is Heating Up the Planet and Hollowing Rural Communities
RethinkX: Rethinking Food and Agriculture Report
Reducing food's Environmental Impacts through Producers and Consumers
Food Climate Research Network: Grazed and Confused
Fonterra Co-Operative Group Limited Sustainability Report for the year ending 31 July 2019
NEW ZEALAND IS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST EXPORTER OF DAIRY
Leading exporters of milk worldwide in 2020
FONTERRA IS NEW ZEALAND’S LARGEST COMPANY
FONTERRA IS A COOPERATIVE, OWNED BY OVER 10,000 FARMER SHAREHOLDERS
World Benchmarking Alliance - Fonterra
FONTERRA ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY A THIRD OF ALL DAIRY EXPORTS WORLDWIDE
Milk it: How New Zealand’s dairy exports conquered the world
NEW ZEALAND DAIRY INDUSTRY EXPORTING 95% OF THEIR PRODUCT
SCIENTISTS WARN THAT WE WOULD NEED AT LEAST 5 EARTHS BY 2050, IF EVERYONE ON THE PLANET WERE TO CONSUME AS MUCH DAIRY AND MEAT AS COUNTRIES SUCH AS THE UNITED STATES.
EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems
United Nations: New Cooperation for Global Food Security
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
JUST OVER 200 YEARS AGO, BRITISH SETTLERS INTRODUCED THE FIRST DAIRY COWS TO AOTEAROA
MOST OF THE ANCIENT FORESTS WERE BURNT OR CUT DOWN AND ALMOST ALL WETLANDS WERE DESTROYED TO MAKE WAY FOR FARMS
A history of fire in the forest and rural landscape in New Zealand
THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IS THE COUNTRY’S BIGGEST CLIMATE EMITTER, EMITTING MORE GREENHOUSE GASES THAN THE ENTIRE TRANSPORT SECTOR
Livestock & Dairy industry Greenhouse Gas Emissions in NZ
Stats NZ - Environmental-economic accounts: 2019
Ministry for the Environment - New Zealand's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IS ALSO THE BIGGEST WATER POLLUTER, AND A MAJOR STRESSOR FOR BIODIVERSITY AND SOIL HEALTH
Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ 2018 Report – Our Land
Water
82% OF RIVER LENGTH IN PASTORAL FARMING AREAS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR SWIMMING
Environment Aotearoa 2019 Summary - New Zealand’s Environmental Reporting Series (page 15)
NEW ZEALAND RIVERS CARRY POLLUTION ABOVE ACCEPTABLE LEVELS, WITH 95 PERCENT OF RIVERS IN PASTORAL AREAS CONTAMINATED.
Ministry for the Environment - Our Freshwater 2020 Report
NEW ZEALAND’S DAIRY HERD PRODUCES OVER 150 MILLION LITRES OF NITROGEN-RICH URINE EVERY DAY
DairyNZ Farm Fact - Standing Dairy Cows Off Pasture
EACH COW HAS THE EQUIVALENT EFFLUENT FOOTPRINT OF 14 HUMANS
The Condition of Rural Water and Soil in the Waikato Region - Risks and Opportunities
Waikato Regional Council - Applying Effluent to Land
THE NATIONAL DAIRY HERD PRODUCES THE SAME AMOUNT OF EXCREMENT AS APPROXIMATELY 90 MILLION PEOPLE
Number of Dairy Cattle Livestock in New Zealand from 2010 to 2020
SINCE 1990, THE AMOUNT OF NITROGEN APPLIED TO NEW ZEALAND SOILS HAS INCREASED OVER 600%
Ministry for the Environment - Our Freshwater 2020 Report
Stats NZ Nitrogen and phosphorus in fertilisers – 2019
COW NUMBERS SURGED FROM 2.8 MILLION TO 3.9 MILLION FROM 1995 TO 2005
UP TO 800,000 NEW ZEALANDERS MAY HAVE INCREASED BOWEL CANCER RISK DUE TO NITRATES IN WATER
Nitrate in Drinking Water and Colorectal Cancer Risk
“BLUE BABY SYNDROME” FROM NITRATE CONTAMINATION
Concerns raised over nitrates' effects on babies
IT TAKES 1000 LITRES OF WATER TO PRODUCE ONLY 1 LITRE OF MILK
IT TAKES 4750 LITRES OF WATER TO PRODUCE 1 KG OF MILK POWDER
IT TAKES 5060 LITRES OF WATER TO PRODUCE 1KG OF CHEESE
LAST CALCULATED ANNUAL FIGURE FOR WATER CONSUMPTION BY THE DAIRY INDUSTRY WAS 4.8 BILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, WHICH IS 11 TIMES THE WATER USE OF THE HUMAN POPULATION.
Dairy farms using same amount of water as 60 million people
DAIRY COMPANY HAS RIGHTS TO TAKE MORE WATER FROM THE WAIKATO RIVER THAN AUCKLAND DRINKING WATER SUPPLIER
Wairakei Pastoral: The dairy company competing with Auckland for drinking water
RIVERS DRYING UP IN NEW ZEALAND DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, DUE TO BIG IRRIGATING DAIRY FARMS
Big Irrigation a blooming bad idea for NZ’s rivers
Soil
SEVERAL HUNDRED TONNES OF LIVESTOCK IN EACH HERD PRESSING DOWN ON THE SOILS OF AOTEAROA
The Cattle Site - Average weight of Holstein is 1500 pounds
2018-19 New Zealand Dairy Statistics - Average herd size 435 cows
DAIRY FARMING IS ASSOCIATED WITH SOIL COMPACTION, SOIL EROSION, SOIL CONTAMINATION AND DAMAGE TO SOIL STRUCTURE
Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ 2018 Report – Our Land
NEW ZEALAND IS LOSING 192 MILLION TONS OF SOIL, ALMOST HALF IS FROM PASTURELANDS
StatsNZ – Our Land 2018 Report
Atmosphere
DAIRY INDUSTRY STATES THAT –
It is one of the most carbon efficient in the world
It is 30% - 50% more efficient than the global average
Its milk product has a uniquely low-carbon footprint
New Zealand Milk Products (Fonterra)
AVERAGE GLOBAL CARBON FOOTPRINT OF DAIRYING COUNTRIES IS GREATLY SKEWED BY DEVELOPING NATIONS WHOSE CARBON FOOTPRINTS ARE MUCH HIGHER (IN DAIRY PRODUCTION)
FAO Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Dairy Sector - A Life Cycle Assessment
FAO Climate Change and the Global Dairy Cattle Sector
THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IS PRODUCING ALMOST ONE QUARTER OF NEW ZEALAND’S TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Stats NZ - Environmental-economic accounts: 2019
EMISSIONS FROM COWS ON NEW ZEALAND DAIRY FARMS REACH RECORD LEVELS
StatsNZ Greenhouse Gas Emissions – year ended 2019
“CARBON ZERO MILK” WHICH IS PRODUCED BY FONTERRA IS CURRENTLY LESS THAN 1% OF THEIR TOTAL MILK PRODUCTION
Fonterra's New Carbon Offset Milk a Band-Aid on Climate Change Goal
EMISSIONS FROM THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN NEW ZEALAND HAVE ROCKETED BY 132% IN THE LAST 30 YEARS
New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990–2018
IN 2013, FONTERRA BURNED 410,000 TONNES OF COAL, AND THE DAIRY INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE USED 512,811 TONNES OF COAL
Data from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in 2013
MORE RECENT DATA SHOWS THAT FONTERRA ALONE IS BURNING OVER 500,000 TONNES OF COAL PER YEAR
NZ Herald - Fonterra's Te Awamutu factory abandons coal
The Courier – No coal for Fonterra’s next boiler
GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL FOR METHANE IS BETWEEN 84-87 TIMES THE HEATING POTENTIAL OF C02, OVER A 20-YEAR TIMEFRAME
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Fifth Report, 2013
GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL OF NITROUS OXIDE IS 298 TIMES THE HEATING POTENTIAL OF C02
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Fifth Report, 2013
COWS BURP APPROXIMATELY EVERY 90 SECONDS
World Animal Protection: 1.41 trillion cow burps and 23.7 billion cowpats damaging the planet daily
GLOBALLY, COWS RELEASE 150 BILLION GALLONS OF METHANE, EVERY SINGLE DAY
World Animal Protection: 1.41 trillion cow burps and 23.7 billion cowpats damaging the planet daily
GRASS FED CATTLE PRODUCE 4 TIMES MORE METHANE THAN GRAIN-FED CATTLE
Direct Measurements of Methane Emissions from Grazing and Feedlot Cattle
PER CAPITA, NEW ZEALAND HAS THE LARGEST METHANE EMISSION RATE — 6X THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
Landcare Research – Climate Change & Greenhouse Gases
Our World in Data – GHG Per Capita Methane Emissions
ENTERIC EMISSIONS (COW BURPS AND COW FARTS) FROM NEW ZEALAND RUMINANTS ALONE ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF CO2 EMISSIONS FROM NEARLY 26 MILLION RETURN FLIGHTS FROM AUCKLAND TO SAMOA
ENTERIC EMISSIONS FROM NEW ZEALAND RUMINANTS ALONE ARE NEARLY 19 MEGATONS IN TOTAL
FONTERRA HAS THE GREATEST GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN NEW ZEALAND
GRAIN: The 35 Largest Animal Agriculture Companies in the World
Stuff: NZ's biggest Greenhouse Gas Emitters and their Struggle to Pollute Less
FONTERRA FOUND TO BE MASSIVELY UNDERREPORTING THEIR EMISSIONS
IATP: Questions and Answers: Milking the Planet
Report “Milking the Planet” by the Institute of Agriculture & Trade Policy
FONTERRA’S EMISSIONS ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 44 MILLION TONNES OF GREENHOUSE GASES
Report “Milking the Planet” by the Institute of Agriculture & Trade Policy
IATP: Questions and Answers: Milking the Planet
FONTERRA WILL CONSUME MORE THAN 100% OF NEW ZEALAND’S TOTAL NATIONAL GHG EMISSIONS TARGET, IN THE COMING DECADE
The Climate Responsibilities of Industrial Meat & Dairy Producers
FONTERRA PRODUCES MORE GREENHOUSE GASES THAN THE WHOLE OF SWEDEN, A COUNTRY WITH TWICE THE POPULATION OF AOTEAROA
Report “Milking the Planet” by the Institute of Agriculture & Trade Policy
ZERO CARBON BILL HAS A LOOPHOLE FOR METHANE FROM FARM ANIMALS – ONLY 10% REDUCTION OF METHANE EMISSIONS REQUIRED, BY 2030
NPR: New Zealand Commits to Being Carbon Neutral By 2050 — With A Big Loophole
FONTERRA HAVE PREDICTED A 40% INCREASE IN MILK PRODUCTION IN THE 10 YEARS FROM 2015-2025
Emissions Impossible: How Big Meat and Dairy are Heating Up the Planet
FONTERRA ARE FORECASTING NO REDUCTION AT ALL IN THEIR METHANE EMISSIONS
Fonterra: Embracing Sustainability - Our Commitments - Climate change
Deforestation
IMPORTS OF PKE INTO NEW ZEALAND BEGAN IN 1992 WITH 15 TONNES, BUT HAVE SINCE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, TO 2 MILLION TONNES IN 2014
Greenpeace Report: The Carbon Cost of Palm Kernel Expeller
PALM KERNEL IS LINKED TO THE DESTRUCTION OF TROPICAL RAINFOREST, LOSS OF WILDLIFE, DISPLACEMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA.
Freshwater for Life: What is Wrong with Palm Kernel?
Greenpeace: Fonterra Implicated in Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses
Greenpeace International 2021: ‘License to Clear’
NEW ZEALAND IS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST IMPORTER OF PALM KERNEL EXPELLER
Greenpeace International 2021: ‘License to Clear’
NEW ZEALAND IMPORTS MORE PKE THAN THE 27 COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION COMBINED
Andrew Duncan: New Zealand Palm Oil
Biodiversity Loss
60% OF ALL MAMMALS ON EARTH ARE LIVESTOCK, 36% ARE HUMAN AND ONLY 4% ARE WILD ANIMALS
The Guardian: Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals
PNAS: The Biomass Distribution on Earth
NEW ZEALAND HAS WORLD’S HIGHEST PROPORTION OF SPECIES AT RISK
University of Wellington Article
Evaluating the Relative Environmental Impact of Countries
ALMOST TWO-THIRDS OF RARE ECOSYSTEMS IN NEW ZEALAND ARE THREATENED BY COLLAPSE
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: New Zealand 2017
74% OF NATIVE FRESHWATER FISH IN NEW ZEALAND NOW THREATENED BY, OR AT RISK OF EXTINCTION
Ministry of Environment Report: Our Freshwater 2020
Health Impacts
NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF DOMESTIC MILK CONSUMPTION IN THE WORLD.
Dairy Industry in New Zealand - Statistics & Facts
OBESITY RATES HAVE TRIPLED IN NEW ZEALAND IN THE LAST THREE DECADES
Is it normal?
HUMANS STARTED USING DOMESTICATED CATTLE FOR MILK BETWEEN 6000 AND 8000 YEARS AGO
Earliest Date for Milk Use in the Near East and South-eastern Europe Linked to Cattle Herding
MĀORI WERE SOME OF THE TALLEST, STRONGEST, FITTEST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET (WITHOUT DAIRY)
Story: Te hauora Māori i mua – history of Māori health
TODAY, MĀORI SUFFER FROM DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGHER RATES OF DIABETES, HEART DISEASE AND CANCERS
NZ Herald: Number of Kiwis with diabetes doubled in past 10 years
GLOBALLY, ABOUT 65% TO 70% OF ADULTS ARE LACTOSE INTOLERANT.
LACTOSE INTOLERANCE VARIES WIDELY BETWEEN DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS:
95% OF ASIAN PEOPLE
75% OF AFRO-CARIBBEAN PEOPLE
50% OF MEDITERRANEAN PEOPLE
10% OF NORTHERN EUROPEAN PEOPLE
White Lies – The Health Consequences of Consuming Cow’s Milk
Lactase Non-persistence and Lactose Intolerance
National Institutes of Health - Definition & Facts for Lactose Intolerance
MĀORI AND PASIFIKA HAVE A HIGHER PREVALENCE OF LACTASE DEFICIENCY THAN NEW ZEALAND EUROPEANS
Incidence of Acquired Primary Hypolactasia in Three New Zealand Racial Groups
LACTOSE INTOLERANCE IS LEAST COMMON AMONG PEOPLE OF NORTHERN EUROPEAN ORIGIN
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
Is it natural?
HUMANS ARE THE ONLY MAMMAL TO CONTINUE DRINKING MILK THROUGHOUT OUR LIFETIMES
Why Are Humans the Only Species That Drinks Milk Past Infancy?
HUMAN BREAST MILK HAS THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF PROTEIN IN ANY MAMMAL’S MILK KNOWN TO SCIENCE
Gross Composition of Milk from Domesticated and Some Wild Mammals
COW’S MILK DOES NOT CLOSELY RESEMBLE HUMAN MILK, BEING 39% HIGHER IN SATURATED FATS, 190% HIGHER IN PROTEIN AND HAVING NEARLY 4 TIMES MORE CALCIUM THAN HUMAN MILK
How does Cow’s Milk and Human Milk Compare?
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS TO GLOBAL HEALTH, FOOD SECURITY, AND DEVELOPMENT TODAY
World Health Organisation: Antibiotic Resistance
APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER OF ALL DAIRY COWS IN NEW ZEALAND ARE ROUTINELY TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS
Dairy NZ: Antibiotic Use on Dairy Farms
NEW ZEALAND DAIRY INDUSTRY GUIDELINES ALLOW FOR 1 ML OF MILK TO HAVE UP TO 400,000,000 SOMATIC (PUS) CELLS
Somatic Cell Count, an Indicator of Milk Quality
Fonterra Farmers’ Handbook 2016 / 2017
Is it necessary?
DAIRY IS NOT BENEFICIAL TO HUMAN HEALTH AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH MANY OF OUR MOST COMMON DISEASES
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: Health Concerns About Dairy
Nutrition Facts.Org: Wary of Dairy
Nutrition Facts.Org: Topic: Dairy
CONTINUED CONSUMPTION OF ANY KIND OF MILK “MAY HAVE LONG-TERM ADVERSE EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH.”
Diet in acne: further evidence for the role of nutrient signalling in acne pathogenesis
Children and Dairy
COW’S MILK ALLERGY (CMA) IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON FOOD ALLERGIES FOUND IN CHILDREN
CMA CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS SUCH AS WHEEZING, COUGHING, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, RUNNY NOSE, AND GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) PROBLEMS
Epidemiology of Cow's Milk Allergy
ONE OF THE MAJOR DIETARY CONTRIBUTORS OF CONGESTION AND NASAL INFLAMMATION IS DAIRY
Centre for Sinus Relief – Foods that Increase Inflammation
40% OF INFANTS WITH REFLUX CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH COW’S MILK REMOVAL
Nutrition Facts.Org: How to Treat Reflux in Children with Diet
MILK CONSUMPTION ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCUS PRODUCTION AND ASTHMA
Does Milk Increase Mucus Production?
Effect of a Dairy Diet on Nasopharyngeal Mucus Secretion
DAIRY CONSUMPTION HAS ALSO BEEN LINKED TO CHILDHOOD CONSTIPATION
Nutrition Facts.Org: Childhood Constipation & Cow’s Milk
Does Milk Cause Constipation? A Crossover Dietary Trial
Intolerance of cow's milk and chronic constipation in children
CASOMORPHIN FROM COW’S MILK IS SUSPECTED TO INCREASE THE RISK OF SIDS (SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME, OR CRIB DEATH)
Nutrition Facts.Org: Cow’s Milk Casomorphin & Crib Death
DAIRY CONSUMPTION HAS BEEN LINKED IN ADOLESCENCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACNE
Diet in acne: further evidence for the role of nutrient signalling in acne pathogenesis
COW’S MILK MAY TRIGGER THE CHILDHOOD-ONSET OF TYPE 1 DIABETES
Nutrition Facts.Org: Does Casein in Milk Trigger Type 1 Diabetes?
ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS OF CASOMORPHINS FROM COW’S MILK MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTISM IN CHILDREN
Nutrition Facts.Org: Gluten-Free, Casein-Free Diets for Autism Put to the Test
ACNE IS ABSENT IN POPULATIONS WITH NO CONSUMPTION OF MILK OR DAIRY PRODUCTS
Diet in acne: further evidence for the role of nutrient signalling in acne pathogenesis
Adults and Dairy
COMMERCIAL COW’S MILK CONTAINS LARGE AMOUNTS OF PREGNANCY HORMONES, SUCH AS OESTROGENS AND PROGESTERONE
Exposure to Exogenous Estrogen Through Intake of Commercial Milk Produced from Pregnant Cows
DAIRY PRODUCTS HAS BEEN LINKED TO HIGHER RISK FOR VARIOUS CANCERS, ESPECIALLY TO HORMONE SENSITIVE CANCERS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Hormones in Dairy Foods and Their Impact on Public Health
MULTIPLE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE CONSUMPTION OF MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS INCREASES THE RISK OF PROSTATE CANCER
A Milk Protein, Casein, as a Proliferation Promoting Factor in Prostate Cancer Cells
Milk Consumption Is a Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer: Meta-Analysis of Case-Control Studies
PCRM: New Review Finds Dairy Products Linked to Prostate Cancer
PCRM: More Evidence That Milk Consumption Increases Risk for Prostate Cancer
70-FOLD VARIATION IN THE INCIDENCE OF PROSTATE CANCER WORLDWIDE, WITH LOW RATES IN PARTS OF ASIA AND AFRICA AND HIGH RATES IN NORTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND NORTHERN EUROPE
Nutrition Facts.Org: Wary of Dairy
CONTINUED DAIRY CONSUMPTION AFTER PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS CONFERS MUCH HIGHER OVERALL RISK OF MORTALITY
Dairy Intake After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis in Relation to Disease-Specific and Total Mortality
MĀORI MEN AT 70% INCREASED RISK OF DYING OF PROSTATE CANCER THAN NON-MĀORI MEN
INTAKE OF DAIRY MILK WITH GREATER RISK OF BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN
New Study Associates Intake of Dairy Milk With Greater Risk Of Breast Cancer
WOMEN WHO DRANK 2-3 CUPS OF COW’S MILK PER DAY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH AN 80% INCREASED CHANCE OF BREAST cancer
Dairy, Soy, and Risk of Breast Cancer: Those Confounded Milks
WOMEN WHO DRANK 1 CUP OF COW’S MILK PER DAY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH AN 50% INCREASED CHANCE OF BREAST CANCER
Dairy, Soy, and Risk of Breast Cancer: Those Confounded Milks
WOMEN WHO DRANK ¼ TO 1/3 CUP OF COW’S MILK PER DAY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH AN 30% INCREASED CHANCE OF BREAST CANCER
Dairy, Soy, and Risk of Breast Cancer: Those Confounded Milks
WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER CONSUMING 1 OR MORE SERVINGS OF HIGH-FAT DAIRY PRODUCTS (E.G., CHEESE, ICE CREAM, WHOLE MILK) DAILY HAD A 49% HIGHER BREAST CANCER MORTALITY
High- and Low-Fat Dairy Intake, Recurrence, and Mortality After Breast Cancer Diagnosis
COUNTRIES WHICH CONSUME THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF CALCIUM FROM DAIRY ACTUALLY HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF HIP FRACTURES AND OSTEOPOROSIS
Milk Intake and Risk of Mortality and Fractures in Women and Men: Cohort Studies
Correlation Between Hip Fracture Rates per 100 000 and Dairy Consumption
Calcium intake and Risk of Fracture: Systematic Review
Milk Consumption During Teenage Years and Risk of Hip Fractures in Older Adults
MEDICAL EDUCATION IN NUTRITION ACROSS THE GLOBE IS DECIDEDLY LACKING
NATIONAL NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES ARE VETTED AND INFLUENCED BY THE ANIMAL AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIES
Zoonotic Disease
WHOOPING COUGH, TETANUS, POLIO, AIDS AND THE SEASONAL FLU THAT CIRCULATES EVERY WINTER, ALL CAME FROM ANIMALS.
World Health Organisation Special Report: Joint Consultation on Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
MEASLES EVOLVED IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE CATTLE AND HUMANS LIVED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
Origin of measles virus: divergence from rinderpest virus between the 11th and 12th centuries
NUMBER 1 RISK FACTOR FOR THE EMERGENCE OF ZOONOTIC DISEASES IS THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR ANIMAL PROTEIN
Social Impacts
POORLY MANAGED GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO MYCOPLASMA BOVIS OUTBREAK INFLICTED SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING TRAUMA ON FARMERS
Psychosocial Impact of Mycoplasma Bovis on Southern Farmers
62% OF DAIRY FARMERS SAID THEY, OR SOMEONE ON THEIR FARM, HAD EXPERIENCED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
DairyNZ : the View from the Cow Shed
LACTASE DEFICIENCY IS PRESENT IN UP TO 100% OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND ASIANS
821 MILLION PEOPLE (ROUGHLY 1 IN 9) CURRENTLY SUFFER FROM HUNGER
World Health Organisation - the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
HUMAN-EDIBLE CROPS WE FEED TO ANIMALS CONTAIN ENOUGH CALORIES TO SUSTAIN ADDITIONAL 5 BILLION PEOPLE
Medium: We Already Grow Enough Crops to Feed an Extra 10 Billion People
FEEDING HALF THE WORLD’S GRAIN CROP TO ANIMALS RAISED FOR MEAT, EGGS, AND MILK INSTEAD OF DIRECTLY TO HUMANS IS A SIGNIFICANT WASTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING FOSSIL FUELS, WATER, AND LAND
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations
How Planting Crops Used to Feed Livestock is Contributing to Habitat Destruction
1 ACRE OF LAND CAN PRODUCE 15X MORE PROTEIN FROM PLANTS, THAN THE SAME AREA OF LAND USED FOR FARMING ANIMALS
2018 Report by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
¾ OF THE EARTH’S AGRICULTURAL LAND TO RAISE LIVESTOCK, AND TO GROW FEED TO GIVE TO LIVESTOCK
Our World in Data – Global Land for Agriculture
Financial Impacts
DAIRY DEBT IN NZ HAS GONE UP FROM $10 BILLION IN 2003 TO A DEBT OF AROUND $40 BILLION TODAY, WHICH IS A 400% INCREASE IN DEBT
NZ Herald: High dairy debt may curb ability to meet challenges ahead
RATIO OF NON-PERFORMING LOANS IN THE DAIRY SECTOR HAS DOUBLED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS FROM 2016 TO 2019
Ministry of Primary Industries – Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries Dec 2019 Report
COSTS OF REPAIRING THE DAMAGE FROM DAIRY FARMING COULD BE AS HIGH AS $20 BILLION
Stuff: Mike Joy - The heavy price of our waterways pollution
New Zealand Dairy Farming: Milking Our Environment for All Its Worth
Impacts on the Animals
COWS ARE CURIOUS AND SENSITIVE BEINGS WHO NATURALLY LIVE IN SMALL HERDS, FORM CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS WITH OTHERS AND DEVELOP A SOCIAL HIERARCHY
MILK PRODUCTION PER COW HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE LAST 40 YEARS
Selection for Increased Production and the Welfare Of Dairy Cows: are New Breeding Goals Needed?
IN 2020 MORE THAN 4 MILLION (DAIRY AND BEEF) COWS WERE SLAUGHTERED IN NEW ZEALAND
Ministry of Primary Industries - Bobby Calf Welfare Across the Supply Chain - Final Report
Scoop: Silence of the Calves: New Zealand’s Sacrifice at the Dairy Altar
IN 2020, 2 MILLION BOBBY CALVES WERE KILLED WITHIN A WEEK FROM BIRTH
1 News: NZ's dairy industry kills two million calves a year, but they don’t have to
Scoop: Silence of the Calves: New Zealand’s Sacrifice at the Dairy Altar
APPROXIMATELY 70 PERCENT OF THE BEEF PRODUCED IN NZ COMES FROM THE DAIRY SECTOR
New Zealand Livestock and Products Annual 2019
33,360 BOBBY CALVES KILLED EACH DAY IN NEW ZEALAND FROM MON - SAT IN AUGUST 2019
Scoop: 1.8 Million Reasons You Should Give Up Dairy
SHOCKING TREATMENT OF DAIRY COWS IN 2018 EXPOSÉ
Disruption
“WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF THE FASTEST, DEEPEST, MOST CONSEQUENTIAL DISRUPTION OF AGRICULTURE IN HISTORY”
RethinkX Food and Agriculture Report
BY 2030, DEMAND FOR COW PRODUCTS WILL HAVE FALLEN BY 70%
RethinkX Food and Agriculture Report
DAIRY PROTEINS FROM PRECISION FERMENTATION PRODUCE UP TO 97% LESS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, UP TO 99% LESS WATER USE, AND THERE ARE NO WELFARE ISSUES WITH COWS AND CALVES
MODERN ALTERNATIVES WILL BE UP TO 100 TIMES MORE LAND EFFICIENT, 10-25 TIMES MORE FEEDSTOCK EFFICIENT, 20 TIMES MORE TIME EFFICIENT, AND 10 TIMES MORE WATER EFFICIENT
RethinkX Food and Agriculture Report
INVESTMENT IN FERMENTATION COMPANIES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL EVER – OVER $435 MILLION WAS INVESTED IN JUST THE FIRST HALF OF 2020
Tech Crunch: Alternative Protein Companies Have Raised a Whopping 1.5 billion
Solutions
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
CARBON STORAGE IN PASTURES CANNOT COMPENSATE FOR THE ANIMALS’ OWN CLIMATE IMPACTS, LET ALONE THOSE OF OUR INDUSTRIAL CIVILISATION
Food Climate Research Network at the University of Oxford – Grazed and Confused Report
Video: Grazed and Confused? How Much can Grazing Livestock Help to Mitigate Climate Change?
Science Daily: New Report gives the Lay of the Land on Grazing Livestock's Climate Impact
GROUNDBREAKING STUDY: AVOIDING MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST WAY TO REDUCE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON THE PLANET
Reducing Food's Environmental Impacts through Producers and Consumers
1 KILOGRAM OF CHEESE CREATES 21 KILOGRAMS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, COMPARED WITH ABOUT 1 KILOGRAM OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM MOST VEGETABLES AND OTHER PLANT FOODS
Our World in Data: Food Choice vs Eating Local
OAT MILK USES 13 X LESS WATER, 11 X LESS LAND, AND CREATES 3.5 X LESS CARBON EMISSIONS THAN COW’S MILK
Climate Change: Which Vegan Milk is Best?
A VEGAN DIET WAS ESTIMATED TO BE OVER $730 CHEAPER PER YEAR THAN THE AVERAGE KIWI DIET
77% OF GLOBAL FARMING LAND IS DEDICATED TO PASTURES FOR GRAZING LIVESTOCK, AND LAND USED TO GROW CROPS TO FEED LIVESTOCK
Our World in Data: Global Land for Agriculture
LIVESTOCK TAKES UP MOST OF THE WORLD’S AGRICULTURAL LAND BUT ONLY PRODUCES 18% OF THE WORLD’S CALORIES AND 37% OF TOTAL PROTEIN
Our World in Data: Global Land for Agriculture
PLANT-BASED FOODS TRANSPORTED FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD ARE MORE CARBON EFFICIENT THAN ANIMAL PRODUCTS
Our World in Data: Food Choice vs Eating Local
Our World in Data: Food – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across the Food Chain
VEGAN DIETS SHOW A 53% REDUCTION IN CO2 EMISSIONS COMPARED TO OMNIVOROUS DIETS
WITHOUT A GLOBAL SHIFT TO A PLANT-BASED DIET, TODAY’S CHILDREN WILL INHERIT A PLANET THAT HAS BEEN SEVERELY DEGRADED
EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems
NEW ZEALAND HAS POTENTIAL FOR $80 BILLION FROM PLANT-BASED CROPS, COMPARED WITH ONLY $28 BILLION FROM ANIMAL AGRICULTURE
PRIORITIZING PLANT-BASED FOODS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE DIET-RELATED EMISSIONS SAVINGS OF OVER 40%, ALONG WITH HEALTH CARE SAVINGS OF UP TO NZ$20 BILLION OVER OUR LIFETIME
Healthy and Climate-Friendly Eating Patterns in the New Zealand Context
GLOBAL SWITCH TO A MORE PLANT-BASED DIET BY 2050 WOULD LEAD TO HEALTHCARE-RELATED SAVINGS AND AVOIDED CLIMATE DAMAGES OF $1.5 TRILLION (US)
Analysis and Valuation of the Health and Climate Change Co-benefits of Dietary Change
TRANSITIONING TOWARD MORE PLANT-BASED DIETS COULD REDUCE GLOBAL FOOD-RELATED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY UP TO 70%.
Analysis and Valuation of the Health and Climate Change Co-benefits of Dietary Change
GLOBAL SWITCH TO A VEGETARIAN DIET WOULD SAVE 7.3 MILLION LIVES, WHEREAS A GLOBAL SWITCH TO A VEGAN DIET WOULD SAVE UP TO 8.1 MILLION LIVES PER YEAR BY 2050
Analysis and Valuation of the Health and Climate Change Co-benefits of Dietary Change
TO MEET CLIMATE TARGETS BY 2030, NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT SHOULD INITIATE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FORM OF AGRICULTURE BY PROMOTING, SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING A TRANSITION FROM DAIRY FARMING TO PROTEIN CROP GROWING
Andrew Duncan – Key Take-Aways from the Green Protein Report
DAIRY FARMING TO PUMPKIN
DAIRY FARMING TO HEMP
DAIRY FARMING TO ORGANIC VEGETABLES