Where’s The Beef? DNC Asks Food Vendors To ‘Prioritize Lower-Emission Meats’

The Democratic National Convention (DNC) published guidance that urges food vendors to serve plant-based options or “lower-emission” meat.

The DNC’s sustainabilityguidance for food vendors serving customers at the convention in Chicago suggests that they should “offer low-emission menu choices,” including plant-based options, and “prioritize” chicken where possible because of its lower carbon intensity. Environmental activists and institutions like the United Nations have consistentlyasserted that reforming agricultural practices and decreasing red meat consumption are key to bringing down emissions and fighting climate change.

Beef is considered to be by far the most carbon-intensive type of meat to produce, followed by lamb and farmed crustaceans, according to The New York Times.

The guidance is not binding, though the DNC has also created a survey