A leaked email to a vegetarian campaign group from an Environment Agency official expresses sympathy with the environmental benefit of a vegan diet，which bans dairy products and fish.

　　The agency also says the Department for Environment，Food and Rural Affairs(DEFRA)is considering recommending eating less meat as one of the key environmental behavior changes needed to save the planet.

　　It says that this change would have to be introduced“gently”because of“the risk of alienating(使疏远)the public”．

　　David Miliband，the Environment Secretary，has raised the issue that farm animals are blamed for producing large amounts of powerful greenhouse gas，methane，and told farmers they need to do something about it but the agency's response appears to go further than official advice.

　　It has provoked(引起)an immediate response from the National Farmers Union，which said the suggestion was“simplistic”and“a cause of concern”．

　　The agency's official was responding to an email from the vegan group Viva，which argues that it is more efficient to use land to grow crops for direct consumption by humans rather than feeding them to dairy cows or livestock(家畜)raised for meat.

　　The campaign group entered a comment on the Environment Ageney's website saying：“Adopting a vegan diet reduces one person's impact on the environment even more effective than giving up their car or forgoing several plane trips a year！Why aren't you promoting this message as part of your World Environment Day campaign？”

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