The University of Coimbra announced it would remove beef from its menus, following a similar declaration by Goldsmiths, University of London, just weeks earlier.
calling for their institution to do the same. As of September 25, the petition had accrued more than 50,000 signatures.Portugal's Milk Producers Association issued a statement saying it was"incomprehensible" for the university to refuse to serve a food"which is believed to have contributed to the development of the brains of our ancestors."
The association also noted that Portugal imports 50 percent of its beef and argued that a better way to fight climate change would be to consume Portuguese meat.released on August 8 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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