Meat free health service?

This was always going to be an attractor of adverse comment. However the point is sound and it looks like the idea only amounts to offering more meat-free options. Which, speaking as a vegetarian who has had to spend quite a lot of time in hospitals in the last year, seems a good idea. Particularly as I was looking for options that also weren't going to act badly with my LDL cholesterol count -ie needing not to have a lot of dairy or eggs involved either. So I welcome this and invite readers to take to heart an easy way to reduce your carbon footprint. I must say, I'm also amazed by how addicted to meat so many of my contemporaries seem to be: the thought of not having meat even for a few days seems to terrify.

suggestion that hospitals could cut carbon emissions from food and drink by offering fewer meat and dairy products. Last year, the United Nations climate chief, Rajendra Pachauri, provoked a global debate when he said having a meat-free day every week was the biggest single contribution people could make to curbing climate change in their personal lives, because of the chemicals sprayed on feed crops and the methane emitted by cattle and sheep. Last week, the German federal environment agency went further, advising people to eat meat only on special occasions. Pencheon said the move would cut the relatively high carbon emissions from rearing animals and poultry, and improve health. Last year the NHS served 129m main meals, costing £312m, according to Department of Health figures. "We should not expect to see meat on every menu," said Pencheon. "We'd like higher levels of fresh food, and probably higher levels of fresh fruit and veg, and more investment in a local economy."