Global warming activists are putting agriculture firmly in their crosshairs, launching new efforts to restrict meat production and consumption. Many analysts view the current criticism of agricultural products as quite ironic given the ongoing efforts by global warming activists to tell farmers they will make money from global warming legislation, through subsidies for wind power. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations attributes 18 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions to livestock. The latest attacks on agriculture follow a December 2006 report from the Livestock, Environment, and Development (LEAD) Initiative, supported by the World Bank, European Union, U. The report, titled “Livestock’s Long Shadow,” asserts the “livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global. Almost all religions require sacrifices, some including dietary restrictions, and now global warming has its own dietary restrictions,” said Lewis. read more

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