One of the nation's biggest meat wholesalers believes Australians eat too much meat and should focus more on quality.
One of the nation's biggest meat wholesalers believes Australians eat too much meat and should focus more on quality than quantity.
Anthony Puharich is a co-founder of Vic's Meat, which supplies high-end restaurants and five-star hotels across Australia. In a book titled Meat, The Ultimate Companion, Mr Puharich has courted controversy with a plea for the meat industry to be more aware of its environmental footprint and social licence."We're one of the biggest contributors, as an industry, to global greenhouse gas emissions and methane production," Mr Puharich said.
When researching his book, Mr Puharich said he was shocked to learn that Australians now eat about 100 kilograms of protein per capita per year, third only behind the United States and Kuwait. "When you break that down, it's like 2 kilograms of meat per week that we're all consuming," he said."Obviously the infrastructure, the resources that have to go into producing that amount of meat is having an impact on the environment."
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