10 May 2019

Can vegetarianism save the environment? NZ Beef & Lamb responds

From Morning Report, 7:47 am on 10 May 2019

Would you go vegeterian or vegan to save the environment? The Just Transition Summit was held in Taranaki, exploring what a low-emission future could look like. Blockbuster film director James Cameron suggests that going vegan or vegeterian is the solution. New Zealand exported $6.7 billion of lamb, mutton, beef between 2017 and 2018. So could New Zealanders give up the steak pie and lamb shank for the birds, bees and trees? Jeremy Baker is the chief insight officer at Beef and Lamb. He talks to Corin Dann.