76: Is there a future for meat?

<div>There’s no arguing that more consumers are choosing to vary their diets with plant-based foods and drink, but what does this mean for the future of meat? Is a blanket ‘no meat’ future the best for sustainability? Or does that blanket approach show a lack of understanding for agriculture? On this Table Talk Podcast, recorded back in March 2020 as COVID-19 lockdowns were just taking shape in the UK, our panel argues that perhaps we should change the conversation around meat and future diets.</div> <div> <br> Joining us are Patrick Holden, Founder &amp; Chief Executive, Sustainable Food Trust, Shefali Sharma, Director, IATP Europe, Ursula Arens, Author, One Blue Dot and Jimmy Woodrow from the Pasture Fed Livestock Association. Find out how they see the future of meat taking shape, in an increasingly plant-based world.</div> <div><strong><br> About our panel</strong></div> <div><strong><br> Patrick Holden, Founder &amp; Chief Executive, Sustainable Food Trust</strong></div> <div> <br> Patrick Holden is founder and chief executive of the <a href="https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/">Sustainable Food Trust</a>, an organisation working internationally to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable food systems. Between 1995 and 2010 he was director of the Soil Association, during which time he pioneered the development of UK and international organic standards, policy incentives for organic production and the organic market.</div> <div> <br> His policy advocacy is underpinned by his practical experience in agriculture on his 100 hectare holding, now the longest established organic dairy farm in Wales, where he produces a raw milk cheddar style cheese from his 80 native Ayrshire cows.<br> Patrick is a frequent broadcaster and speaker, was awarded the CBE for services to organic farming in 2005 and an Ashoka Fellowship in 2016.</div> <div><strong><br> Shefali Sharma, Director, IATP Europe</strong></div> <div> <br> Shefali Sharma is the director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (<a href="https://