Rep. Flood Introduces Resolution Condemning UN's Anti-Beef Food Strategy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood introduced a resolution pushing back on a new food systems strategy from the United Nations’ (UN) Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO). In a memo released at COP28 over the weekend, the FAO recommends reducing the amount of beef in diets, promotes recommendations that include non-meat alternatives, and suggests that meat production be “rebalanced,” threatening existing ranching and feeding producers.
“The UN’s plans for your diet would be nothing short of a disaster for your health and food security worldwide,” said Rep. Flood. “Meat is one of the most efficient ways to deliver protein, and here in the Beef State, cattle are a critical part of the Golden Triangle that’s supplying clean ethanol fuel around the world. The resolution I’m introducing today makes it clear that the United States opposes any attempt to reduce or eliminate meat production. Doing so would shatter the world’s food security and end an age-old way of life for millions of farm and ranch families across the globe.”
“It's laughable that a U.N. agency spearheaded by a top CCP official is calling on Americans to eat less meat in the name of climate change when China is the world's worst polluter,” said Rep. Ashley Hinson. “This is a thinly veiled attempt by China to undermine U.S. agriculture as well as the Iowa farmers who produce high quality meat. The impact of the CCP infiltrating the UN is clear: they can strongly call for Americans to stop eating meat but can't strongly condemn Hamas for their human rights atrocities in Israel. I'm proud to lead the charge to condemn this nonsense from the UN alongside Representative Flood, stand up for U.S. agriculture, and set the record straight."
A copy of the full resolution can be found by clicking here. A copy of the FAO report released over the weekend can be found here. Background on Nebraska’s Golden Triangle can be found here.
Rep. Flood is a member of the Congressional Beef Caucus. The First Congressional District of Nebraska is home to multiple meat processing facilities and thousands of farm and ranch families.