Less than a month ago the UEA student union made the decision to ban beef on campus in order to help tackle climate change. It was the third university to ban beef after Cambridge University and Goldsmiths in London.
The UEA student union voted on whether to continue the ban on beef with 53% voting to overturn the ban while 36% voted to keep it.
Mo Metcalf-Fisher, from the Countryside Alliance, said to The Telegraph: “Banning beef would have been the wrong thing to do. It would set a dangerous precedent.
“Universities should be sourcing local, sustainable grass fed beef from UK farmers who are providing a solution to the very real concerns over climate change. Universities should instead look to reduce Co2 in other areas like, excessive air travel.”
British farmers are aiming to produce ‘climate friendly food’ and they have set the ‘ambitious’ target of becoming net zero by 2040.