19 November 2019 Issue 370 The official student newspaper of the University of East Anglia | concrete-online.co.uk Established 1992
Following the herd: Interview: Sophie Atherton Students vote to remove beef from SU outlets Chris Matthews Editor-in-Chief
An agriculture expert has said there seems to be “a trend towards campuses free of beef, and sometimes other meats such as lamb” after UEA became the third university to have some kind of beef ban on campus. Dr David Rose is an associate professor of agricultural innovation and extension at the University of Reading. He believes we should “encourage free speech and frank exchange of views, rather than banning everything all the time”. He also thinks universities should focus on sourcing
local meat. “This is the way forward, not a ban which alienates our hard-working meat farmers who are a crucial part of rural landscapes.” His words come after UEA Union Council voted to ban the sale of beef in student union shops last week and to lobby the university to do the same. Earlier this autumn Goldsmith’s became the first beef-free campus in Britain. Cambridge University removed beef from its menus to help
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Beef, Brexit and how uea(su) does represent UEA students
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