Not surprisingly, the country's agricultural community is vehemently against the cow tax. The industry's primary lobby group, Federated Farmers, said the plan would rip the cuts out of small town New Zealand and result in agricultural areas being replaced by forests. Andrew Hogarth, president of the Federated Farmers, said that New Zealand farmers had been trying to work with the government for over two years on drafting a plan that would cut emissions while maintaining food production
Marley Musarra
@MarleyMusarra · 5:00
But I think being able to buy specifically from ranchers and at least that's in the areas I live in, like Utah, California, stuff like that, I know that not everyone has that ability everywhere they live. So that's an issue in itself. But moderation is everything. And I know so many vegans that think that they're doing the best thing for the Earth and they're like vegan for our planet. And the reality is they're eating, like, three avocados a day
Marley Musarra
@MarleyMusarra · 0:45
Okay, so I got cut off at the very end there. I won't stay for much longer, but basically, yeah, just like I think going back to the source, like, is the issue with the cows or is the issue with overproduction and then a ton of waste. Like stores like Aldi aren't wasting versus, like, every other grocery store in many ways
Eric Owens
@EricG · 4:56
The only time that's ever happened is some weird thing that caused it or weather, right? I'm not talking about weather. I'm not talking about weatherrelated blackout. I'm talking about a planned and coordinated on purpose blackouts. They don't want you to have power. They don't want you to have food. They don't want you to have a job. They don't want you to have money