The president of the German government’s advisory body on environmental issues has suggested that, for environmental reasons, Germans should cut back their meat consumption to “prewar” levels and strive for a diet more like the Italians. Predictable attacks from industry about trying to deny consumers “freedom of choice” follow. (Via the–somewhat unfortunately named, given the current salmonella scare–PB&J Campaign blog.)

According to the article, Germans are some of the highest meat consumers in Europe. I’ll note that when I was in Berlin last spring I managed to eat (mostly) vegetarian only by eating a lot of Italian food.