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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Helena Horton Environment reporter

‘Meat still very much on my dietary plate’, says Coffey on US trade visit

Thérèse Coffey in Downing Street
Thérèse Coffey addressed the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture in Washington. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

The UK environment secretary has said she would not go vegetarian or vegan, as she wooed the US farming establishment.

“Don’t worry, I’m not going all vegan or vegetarian on you,” Thérèse Coffey told the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) winter conference in Washington DC, in a trip aimed at boosting discussions about the US/UK trade agreement which has been languishing on the back burner.

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