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The Wiltster's avatar

Interesting. And depressing. I appreciate having the context and insight. Thanks to both of you for that.

My gut reaction is this. Maybe "WE" cannot replace seed oils with beef tallow, but "I" can. Simply put, I don't think some individual or group of individuals sat around and said, "let's replace all regen oils with canola!" It happened over time, with government incentives and all the trappings. As such, retracing those steps will also take time and (for the love of all that's holy) cannot be based upon more government, or even mass actions or organized group behavior.

But again, I can do it on my "local" level and reap the benefits. And others can be taught to do the same thing. Inch by inch...

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Mats Cedervall's avatar

Can't help to think that this is the major reason why there seems to be a political drive behind seed oils.

Here in Sweden where I live I was very happy when a high-quality fast burger franchise started to fry both the fries and burgers in tallow. They grew quite quickly, and unfortunately they could not procure enough tallow so they switched to sunflower oil :-(

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