Ever cheaper meat comes at the expense of the animals well being sheep meat from poorly treated animals come to the consumers expense to after all how can we ensure that the quality of animal products is good if the industry is all about reducing costs the cost of meat thats our topic today on made in germany the business magazine on your fella its good to have you with us consumers have long viewed meat as a mere commodity without connecting it to the lives of the animals it comes from and thats certainly applies to industrial poor production which favors scale over Animal Welfare and that means that pig farms in the cram the animals into tight enclosures with no room to move around naturally researchers are getting a better understanding of pigs and just how smart sensitive even sociable they are these discoveries in turn are helping drive Consumer Preferences and driving demand for better or humane production methods lets take a look at a farm that tries to raise happy picks. These pigs need an unusually large amount of straw thats because of the enlightened approach taken by farmer got the element of x. Mine. Instead of viewing your animals purely as future food she treats them as living beings and places value on how they feel. She posts daily to social media with stories from her free range enclosure she believes that the set up appeals to consumers her pigs are not crammed into a single pan as is the case with conventional pig farming but are free to roam as a result the animals dont gain weight as quickly so rearing them takes longer and costs more money but the farmers determined to give the animals a decent life and her 2000 or so pigs seem to appreciate it. Basically created an activity area for the pigs with twice the amount of space that and that costs more money the animals can choose whether to go outside go to the straw area or to the shower area which has a slated for this or maybe go to the resting area where they can choose where theyd like to go the whole day long also. The farmer fences off her enclosure to protect her pigs from the african swine fever virus which is often transmitted by wild boar a few kilometers away and this farm run by your own alas also has around 2000 pigs he uses a system of containment doors and footpaths for protection. As on most pig farms in germany his animals are housed in a conventional pen that means theyre caged in 247 a set up that Animal Welfare campaigners criticize. But halos has other concerns right now since the outbreak of the african swine fever his livestock are worth around 20 euro cents less per kilo. Im to you know its pretty easy to calculate if an average farmer in this region has 7 or 800 pigs that quickly adds up to a loss of 15 or 20000 euros im from one day to the next on the run. Their prices falling because countries in asia are currently no longer importing german pork because of the african swine fever and Alarming Development for young and marketing expert but hot on charlton germans tend to eat only certain parts of the pig which is why farmers here benefited from preferences that asian consumers have. The. Different markets complemented each other wonderfully and germans primarily econ fry parts like pork couplets meat from the neck of the law any more pork chops. That. Asians tend to eat more of the fatty parts fit as well as parts with cartilage like the ears feet and tail fins. So much in demand here. And he gets in when its going to become extremely difficult to find buyers for those parts in europe and other countries. The food is the toughest so giving it also shes. Got the money had already designed an alternative Marketing Strategy for the pigs in her animal friendly enclosure and now during the Coronavirus Crisis thats paid off. Dean runs a meat cutting plant that processes 8 pigs a week from the milkman farm its a more complicated operation than a conventional large scale meat factories. In this case its not just the prime cuts that are being sold theres also demand for a wide variety of sausage concoctions. The resulting Meat Products are then sold throughout the country by south again cutting out the dip. Ended see on overseas export product. Still some parts are hard to so even in traditionally Poor Congress germany. They buy cuts in spite of all things yes not so with heads and pork belly were doing ok theres bacon and jelly loves us. But only to a certain capacity. Than dust and if pigs trotters tails and ears thats where we just dont have enough buyers we cant get rid of them 1900 they spent in its rules. But thats only a minor setback while conventional pig farms are absolutely depended on asian markets Gabriella Miller is still doing ok sales wise plus the price for her pigs has remained stable. As a visit from the if its in terms of the fish and see where somewhere between conventional and organic and theres a big interest in this among farmers not just with this system here all animal friendly concepts in germany are seeing a major run among farmers. And those concepts are also in demand among retailers low price Meat Products are now off the menu at the supermarket the only pork on offer at the meat counter comes from farms like months. Its 30 percent more expensive than conventional pork for supermarkets its a risk but they too see something beyond the immediate profits. We now have a different approach to selling meat our stuff feels that way too because its something you can better identify with. 0 of these. Accordance with may well have lost some customers who prefer budget meat from conventional farming. To call but weve also seen an increase in new customers coming from further afield and sometimes. Around 55000000. 00 pigs are slaughtered every year in germany so far only a tiny portion of those is reared on animal Friendly Farms but. Is confident that their number will soon grow. To meet was a crucial element of humankinds early diet a long lasting source of energy there is costing tens of and therefore rarely on the dinner table today its a staple of our meals and we expected to be as cheap as possible where comes from these days thats anyones guess so how do we get to this point heres a brief look back at the history of me. Pleats market why does our appetite for animals come from. Meat was highly valued by our ancestors the energy rich food even played a role in human evolution. As the human brain grew larger strategies weapons in the twentys for obtaining meat improved. That 1st hour and just as a carcasses then they hunted mammoths best wild boar the more prey the bigger the groups they could sustain. The formation of large cities ushered in local small to houses different kinds of but just formed guilds and open markets. Then came the Industrial Revolution in 1965 chicago opened its 1st meat packing plants in which entire herds of cattle were slaughtered and processed on assembly lines. The meat packing industry went global after world war 2 and Meat Consumption doubled meet once a sign of prosperity became an affordable commodity. In 2019 more pork was exported from the e. U. Than anywhere else in the world with germany and spain at the top brazil and australia led m. P. Fact sports. Thanks to subsidies the e. U. And the us have flooded World Markets with cheap chicken countries like ghana cant keep up and have largely stopped producing domestic chicken meat. Nowadays its hard to figure out where the meat in all supermarkets comes from its bread fed slaughtered and processed in Different Countries according to where its cheapest Animal Welfare is usually disregarded. Scandals over rotten meat horse meat in the sagna low wages and the damage done to the environment by mass meat production have harmed meats image. Although nowadays our brain gets enough nutrients from other foods while white Meat Consumption isnt going down but maybe the meat of the future will come from the. Well test tube taco meat may not sound especially appealing but there is indeed a growing variety of meat substitutes that are carving their way into the market and with meat hardly a luxury anymore avoiding animal products has actually become a trend in many countries not just concerns over Animal Welfare theyre driving the switch to diets but worries about the impact of animal products on our health and the environment. Its no secret the Food Industry is a climate killer producing more than a quarter of all c o 2 emissions worldwide thats more than the emissions of cars planes and ships combined farming accounts for 70 percent of all consumption of fresh water and 50 percent of all habitable land is used by the agriculture industry after we see our system and our food and our products are being produced and soon we figure out. To use more or less. The Meat Industry is one of the worst for the climate. Cattle produce methane its a Greenhouse Gas which is 28. 00 times more potent than c o 2. But not only the climate is suffering. Animal welfare also falls victim talk craving for meat. Thats why the international n. G. O. S provenge has made it one of their goals to reduce the consumption of animal products. And its become more and more clear how much these animals which we call livestock suffer. These are animals that are bred under the worst conditions with the sole purpose of becoming meat on her way to bring in. The worlds population is forecast to grow to almost 10000000000 by 2050. And more people means more food in fact up to 60 percent more food might be needed thats not good news for our planet but there are environmentally friendly alternatives by 5 this in shaft for example researchers at Oxford University have calculated that a plant based diet and specifically the c o 2 footprint of the plant based diet could be reduced by 73 percent. Having out. And the message seems to be catching on Meat Consumption in the global north has been declining for years one reason is the development of Meat Alternatives its a market thats been growing steadily in western countries the n. G. O. Hopes that by 2040 the consumption of animal products will drop by 50 percent. If you look at how fast the market is growing especially for begin planning based on the alternatives then maybe were not so far away from this goal anymore and if i break many consumers are now giving more thought to what they buy theyre paying more attention to the ecological and ethical effects their choices have. But many people still crave the taste of meat and have a hard time giving it up thats where Meat Alternatives come in. The traditional german Meat Processing company who picked up on the trend early on the company has been focusing on meat substitutes since 2015 success. Food and want you will be in the live for the 1st time we sold more alternative products than meat and sausages. And demand seems to be growing all the time. That my studio and you look at studies and predictions about the world market and the German Market then you see the German Market is about 215000000 euro oil the prognosis for 2030 is that it will be at almost 30000000000 euros by then. By fast. It seems like we may well be in the midst of a food revolution. One of the biggest weakness would of course be the climate but Animal Welfare and our own health would benefit from a chain. To. The World Health Organization want in 2015 the processed meat and red meat could be linked to certain cancers. But what about these meat substitutes are they really healthy. On the whole these products have a lot of benefits studies have shown that red meat is quite problematic appears to be linked to a higher risk of Colorectal Cancer especially if you dont lot of it in general and you need to Pay Attention to the ingredients used in these alternative products sometimes they use quite a few additives stabilizers im also fires flavorings sometimes even flavor enhancer. So consumers need to take a close look at the Meat Alternatives on offer but we know that cutting back on meat would bring many benefits to our health Animal Welfare and the environment its time to rethink the way we eat and change is in our hands. So theres the case for substitute meat but of course livestock animals are raised for more than just their flash take leather perhaps one of the biggest animal products out there of course there already is fake leather usually made of plastics or were about to show you is an alternative form from indonesia its not made of plastic its not even made of plants it comes from a fungus. Mushrooms are the main ingredient in the. Shoe. Leather look at this are not from an animal but rather mycelium component of fungus. Mycelium it has Properties Similar to real lead but toxic chemicals are not needed to produce Small Companies around the world have begun to use this. The material is breathable flexible. New years. Mindset of leather is having a really huge advantage in Environmental Impact for example we consume less water we dont have to kill anyone can do vertical farming so we can save some space and its also its really last carbon emissions. Mushrooms mixed with sawdust to generate the like fabric. After just a few days the tightly woven mycelium membrane forms on the outside of the blocks it can then be harvested and 10. This requires just a fraction of the water needed in traditional liver production less than 110th. This has caught the attention of shoe retaining. Other industries one of the biggest contributor for carbon emission and we see that as as long as we keep selling forward whether where and as the cells grow we keep damaging the environment and it came materialization that we need to find the so sustainable solution. Whether the mushroom shoes can compete with real leather in terms of longevity remains to be seen costs for fungal leather shoes are higher than for those made of traditional leather. But the reason a guru is optimistic his order books are filled up through the year 2027. Rather clever alternative there now the report mentioned the problem of water consumption and other making the traditional animal other uses 10 times more water than the production of that fake leather from mushrooms according to some estimates the cost in water for a q. Of coffee is a whopping 19000. 00 leaders a similar about for a queue of cotton why is that farm crops use up water through irrigation of course but agriculture and processing also. Contaminates Water Supplies that then cant be used and most of us are aware of this level of water usage because we simply dont see it but the hidden or virtual water behind our products is just as real as the water we drink. What is virtual water. Lets take genes as an example it takes around 8000 liters of water to make one path thats 53. 00 bathtubs full how come growing the cotton uses most of the water its a very 1st the plant if the rains failed cotton fields have to be irrigated. And if the cotton is to be spun into jeans it also needs coloring rinsing and bleaching that pollutes a lot of water. Virtual water is the unseen water that goes into the manufacturing of our product. Nearly 19000 liters for one kilo of coffee 184 liters for a kilo of tomatoes and about 15000 liters for one kilo of beef. In a country with adequate natural Water ResourcesHigh Consumption isnt a problem unless of course a lot of it gets polluted but in many regions water is scarce or supplies have been depleted by producing certain goods the water level in the aral sea has dropped 18 meters because of irrigation in cotton fields its turned parts of was back you start into a salty toxic waste land. Tomatoes are cultivated in the parched reaches of Southern Spain using water piped into enormous greenhouses. And in brazil where theres a shortage of Drinking Water the countrys huge coffee plantations are never short of a drop coffee is a major export for brazil. Europeans import the as water guzzling goods and by extension all the virtual water needed to produce them seen from this perspective someone living in germany uses 3900 liters of water a day. Slightly over the global average but cooking showering and laundry make up only a small part of that most water used here is virtual water hidden in the products around us. Well from the invisible water in our products to Something Else we dont notice in our farmed foods pest control what was once exclusively chemical based has been getting a 2nd look in many countries as concerns grow about insect die offs the effects of pesticides and runoff and groundwater and the health of the consumer its enough to make your head buzz or at least rethink your approach to pest control methods and thats exactly what happened to one bug killer in germany it made him redesign his family business. I can sleep well ali ive got warnings on my products from. My bank are skeptical. Because i worry about my future if its come before congress is. Like his father before him. House makes household insecticides the family run firm had been operating in the same way for decades until these 2 artists called its purpose into question. And something made me rethink and look at insert to. Wreck house and the artists joined forces they organized an event to raise awareness for insects and their preservation. In. The village residents ended up collecting 992 flies one lucky specimen eva one a price the fly erica was treated to an all expenses paid spot weekend with her owners flight included. All day as weve been out and about with erica not one person has given us funny looks or called us a bit loopy this indepth at. The event prompted hums dietrich wrecked house to put his companys future on the line hes invested around 2000000 euros in the conservation of insects and other small creatures. The project also includes setting up green groups to compensate for the animals his products have killed. The roof of his headquarters. This has also become a home for insects. By products kill insects makers but i dont see a contradiction in making insecticides one of the same time helping insects. From killer to say if you really or is this just a marketing ploy because these days products that can boast environmentally friendly couldnt chills tend to sell better. Because this can marketing guns and then this isnt about marketing because i want to see the market with geniuses device are seen in the mornings on my product. Each product has a big label about the dangers involved for them. Houses now introduced alternatives that he feels more comfortable with such as this live trap for fruit flies. The insect is attracted to the side of vinegar and then trapped in the cylinder to escape unharmed. I spoke to a lot of them is already going for this product because its not obvious why i should say fruit flies. This company has seen turnover drop by 25 percent its profits have fallen even more so wouldnt simply selling the phone be the logical business move. Because selling would mean surrender and giving up responsibility of being a from out of congress and the only benefit my rise will just carry on with insecticides crowded out it doesnt diminish if by starting a business i have the leverage to generate awareness and show this transformation is possible so the sadness is a ton so much so in the biggest that house is keen to demonstrate his commitment to that message as he piles up the company car park to create a new insect oasis thanks but he cant say for sure when his own metamorphosis will be complete. It. Not your average bug killer there but maybe a sign of the times more and more consumers are taking a 2nd look at how they interact with animals whether the ones on their plates or buzzing in their backyard thats it for us today it made thanks for watching and we hope to see you again so. Passionate drama competition rival marketing numbers here help fight thats time and. Money millionaire crime files. And its been fun all. This because we love football. To golf on you tube joining us. To use crime fighters are back to africas most successful in radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech cholera prevention and sustainable chocolate production. All of a sows are Available Online and of course you can share and discuss on africas Facebook Page and other social media platforms. Crime fighters tune in now. As our favorite. And the fuck are you going back to that. The us at. First but i dont know but there are some of. My. Other. And i was told that. I will probably. Go for. Their my i want. Well were arming. Them with. What i am. I am. Expecting. This is it over news live from berlin that breaking with tradition pope francis is endorsed civil unions for same sex same sex couples for the 1st time observers are calling it the clearest a language yet for francis on gay rights in his role as pontiff also coming up Germanys Health minister test positive for covert maintain yes spine is currently something isolating at home well whats reported to be called like symptoms plus global outrage after Security Forces in nigeria opened fire on protesters to mistreating against Police Violence in the countrys most populous city. A little bit. Cooler but i dont hear all the crew work or sounds of shooting in night time lagos witnesses say people were killed thats after a curfew was imposed on the city and it reeks of demonstrations against Police Brutality and corruption. Think you so much for your Company Everyone we start with breaking news from the vatican today though francis has said that he supports Civil Union Laws to protect the rights of same sex couples he made the comment in a new documentary about the pontiff titled francesco which from year to. Day at the wrong Film Festival this statement marks a decided shift for the when Catholic Church the film also tackles other controversial issues such as racism Climate Change sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and jews. Lets get you more on this breaking news that with our religious Affairs Correspondent martin gak martin what did the pope say exactly. And so essentially there were 2 parts a statement a circulating thats a smudge as we have seen so far as how this part as you mentioned of a documentary in which i imagine there will be a lot more to look through that essentially the 2 elements are that homosexuals have a right to a family so this is specifically has to do with the family sirico its not really just an assertion about rights or a question about legality but then the 2nd element is the one that has to do with civil rights essentially having the protections that are afforded by the law or to most couples or to most family units things that have to do with you know inheritance shared tenancy of. Property etc etc i mean all of these rights are rights doug ought to be afforded to that she wants or fine this is what the poll said and does are really just momentous statements and momentous statements before we have we flesh this out a little bit more tell us is this a departure for the pope i mean what have his views been on civil unions for gay couples before he became pontiff. I think its you know most of us who have been observing sort of this is unfolding during the. Have seen a very consistent. Message of tolerance over usually dealing with in the environment of the church and specially having very very reactionary forces operating from the right a lot of them associated with daniel americans churches the decision has been one of negotiating very difficult waters bed there has been repeated statements that clearly point in the erection of a boat that things that most security is a it is essentially just one scene among many and that as a matter of fact almost sexual sorry children of god and almost sexual stuff to be afforded not just legal rights but essentially they still have to have access to the church and who you know the ministry of the church so i mean i think that that has been very consistent hes believed which starts in argentina really its also in a sense very similar because he also belong to sort of a space in which political space in which westerns of rights of minorities among them. Sexual minorities was actually a very nice shoe in conclusion martin and is he testing the waters here is this a thumbs up from the pope i endorse civil unions or and will this now become dr n. No i think were way past testing the waters but certainly were not at the stage of the tremendous stage of doctrine is something that requires all ecclesiastical machinery to be aligned in to be moving however the position of the pope is something and he said this here many times but we cannot measure it by you know the impressions of the Gay Community of some francies garbling we have to look at these kind of statements in the context of gay rights in places like the philippines in you know. The excluded 3 songs in poland which they call into the free. Zones but those are the places in which the recession southeast message will simply be tremendous because it shows basically the very head of the Church Taking a much more slowly darrius disposition to a community that in many places under siege well i just Affairs Correspondent martin gak thank you youre welcome and we have more breaking news to tell you about german Health Minister yes spawn has tested positive for the coronavirus he immediately went into self isolation and they now smoke came just hours after he had attended a Cabinet Meeting with chance uncle americal and other ministers as Health Minister he is a prominent figure in efforts to control the virus in his country only recently have got his annual flu vaccine shot and urged people to follow his example. And say more on these breaking developments Political Correspondent correspondence him i read shies is standing by i am out what impact will mr spawns testing positive for covert have is there concern for his health. Well we got the confirmation just moments ago from the House Ministry has been to say yes found suffered from symptoms similar to that of a simple cold so mild symptoms so far of course this is a very volatile situation this can change any time but for now he seems to only suffer from those mild sentence he spearheads the National Response who will take over now what are the political ramifications and implications. Well we kind of mounting death over the next couple of days hes has to terrio rates then a state secretary was typing at the stage we dont know if thats going to be the case we must likely have a regular updates very soon of a next couple of hours of a do next couple of days for now yes found would probably isolate continue to isolate himself and he would probably continue to work that way was no meetings passed on of course stands upon has been the leading figure behind the chancellor Angela Merkel folder governments response to the pandemic so this is a setback but theres also no reason to believe that this will disturb the countrys governance and handing of the pandemic at this stage absolutely he spearheads the National Response he is now corn teaming as you are reporting what does this tell us about other members of the German Government and the chancellor could they have been exposed or possibly infected. Well today there was a main person Cabinet Meeting between the government members and the chancellor Angela Merkel now we dont know if the chancellor has said has been tested yet but she immediately went into a choir unseen manhood doctor had tested positive shortly after having given her a vaccine shot now we can imagine that all those who have been in close contact with lisa has many somites get tested rapidly however we also got a statement here today from the chance that it was press office highlighting the fact that the federal cabinet meets in compliance with gene and distance rules and that that ensures that theres no need for petitions to be quarantined even a person who later tests positive for koren of virus was present in a meeting. Reporting thank you. And the german Health Minister testing positive comes at a critical time for this country because in the germanys a bavaria state so the government there has expanded restrictions to prevent the spread of the corona virus there are regions with high rates of infection have been ordered to close the bars and restaurants at 9 pm and limit groups of people to 58 when the situation is also regarded as critical in germanys industrialised or region the millions of people who live there have been told now to wear face masks in public. Wearing a mask is mandatory in central galvin cation and the rule region of western germany the city was recently declared a high risk zone expanding the mask mandate was an important 1st step for the Health Department the Army Sergeant makes sense as we have a situation where there is high population density in the commercial district when a lot of people are out shopping at certain times there are times of the week where these shops are relatively empty but the mask mandate is still in force you must be almost the entire ruler area with roughly 5100000. 00 residents is now considered to be a coronavirus hotspot the mask mandate in effect in many parts of the densely populated region aims to avoid lock downs and to protect high risk patients there is much concern and care homes throughout germany. For you must make preparations concepts for visitors and taking the important step of making rapid tests available for visitors to the facilities so that everyone involved feel secure and that no one who is already infected with the virus is entering here with the state the measures aimed to prevent the isolation of nursing home residents but varia is also cracking down to limit the spread of coronavirus by imposing curfews such as investors gotten. While with the coronavirus cases arising in germany just how bad is the situation here we put that question earlier to our regular the president of the roberts a Caucus Institute germany Central HealthDisease Control authority. Well actually the numbers are rising over the weeks in particular since july so we had that we were now through the childs control this is why this is crazy that we all control or cells behave you it is of utmost important but he was the to the roots go through. Basic keeping a distance from other people not count a good crowd particularly not a close group and if you do there is control. Now or to some of the other stories making news around the world. Thailands Prime Minister says he will end a state of emergency that was imposed in the capital of bangkok to suppress antigovernment demonstrations is the 7th consecutive day of protests protesters want the government to resign and a new constitution as well as reforms to the monarchy. At least 34 members of afghanistans Security Forces have been killed in attacks by the taliban in the northern takar province according to afghan officials the taliban attacked the government soldiers while they were sleeping the rising violence comes despite ongoing peace talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban in the gulf state of qatar. Australian police are investigating the alleged transfer of vatican funds to australia during the trial of former vatican treasurer george pell for child sex abuse on this follows a tell you media reports that 700000 euros were sent by a vatican anomie of pals to aid in his prosecution was acquitted any present. German Police Say One or more vandals damaged dozens of artworks and artifacts at 3 of berlins most renowned museums are more than 60 objects were sprayed with an oily liquid which left visible stains investigators believe the vandalism occurred on october 3rd that was incidentally the day of german unity. Protesters have taken to the streets of lagos in nigeria a day after a demonstration was violently broken up by gunfire human Rights Groups are siding with they call credible reports that some demonstrators were killed the army calls the reports fake news and have been protesting for weeks now against Police Brutality and corruption. I think that they came out in defiance of a curfew and after dusk the trouble started the men in the green uniforms was seen setting up barriers surrounding the area and eyewitnesses saw c. C. T. V. Cameras and Street Lighting being disabled by god then suddenly gunshots i heard them sooner thank you all since huge people outside the toll gate started taking cover now down sit down thanks. Bro thanks. A d w news crew who were on the scene were forced to take shelter next to their vehicle. I think. Even after the sun went down the shooting continued so did the protest deep into the night. Was here not enough damage. To nigeria. The army has denied responsibility claiming reports of soldiers being involved were fake news but footage of the shooting quickly made its way into social media. Please tell people please help people people are going to run theyre shooting at them at the end he told. The day after the shooting and nigeria is in shock the government has promised an investigation into what happened but protesters dont have too much trust in authorities at the moment. That scenes from Lagos Nigeria next up is Kate Ferguson that with your business so youre watching you know when hes from berlin and while our rock on behalf of all of us thank you for watching see you again at the top of the hour. It was the 1st International Tribunal in history. Bloomberg trials. 75 years ago high ranking officers of the nazi regime of origin by the allied forces. Were the 1st criminals to be held accountable for their crimes