Plus you have the tons of the food that supermarkets just throw away, because is either doesn't look 'attractive' anymore or is close to due date.

Yes exactly and then there's that. And sometimes there's even regulations that the food can not be donated away. Fortunately there also are charities that collect food that markets can't sell to customers anymore, when the restrictions don't prevent it. Charities that give the food away locally to anyone who needs it. Things are getting better but it's not enough. And it only fixes a bit the symptoms, poverty by giving away food, not the sickness which is that not all people can afford to buy the food which isn't only about food being too expensive but people not having jobs or not making enough money from the work they have. So lots of other issues behind poverty.

how would you want to enforce laws that prevent people from eating meat?

I wouldn't. I don't want laws that patronize people. People are omnivores and can be that if they want. Some like the taste of meat. And even though eating meat shortens ones life like smoking and excessive drinking I would never want to patronize people and prevent people from eating meat.

But I would try to influence the way people think about eating animals. To respect the life of animals, treat them well and not think that eating meat is a necessity or that they need to eat excessive amounts of meat. If one wants to eat meat, it should be happy animals meat if you know what I mean. Not tortured animals in poor conditions.

I know that change would not be immediate but I think it surely would be better than forcing people into something they are reluctant to do.

And of course prices. Meat shouldn't be cheaper than vegetables, fruit or grain because much more natural resources are used in growing meat. So taking care that food producers get enough and controlling that the distributors wouldn't overprice the healthy food in the markets would be one of the things I would do.

Talking about greedy:
'dirty soya beans'

This is so crazy! Rainforests and all forests are giver of life but instead of inventing a way to combine old traditions of living of and with the forest and combining it with modern world we burn it and cultivate food for animals which we eat. And like in so many cases, it is the big companies that determine the prices with which smaller farmers have no way of surviving. Totally nuts.

Why do you think those stats look like this? Is is traditional to eat loads of meat?

I have no idea. I think there's no tradition in Finland to eat loads and loads of meat, at least among the people I know. Few years ago, or perhaps a decade or two ago, oh I don't know, time goes by so fast nowadays, people started to be more aware about the affects of eating meat. It's environmental impact and what it does to your body. And although there still are people who deny all of this, most do believe the facts: it's not good for individuals or the earth to eat too much meat. Nevertheless at the same time as there's more and more vegetarian options available and there's more awareness, the amount of meat eaten per person in a year has risen. Almost all over the world. So my only explanation is that there's a group of people who think: "You do not boss me around so now more than ever I'm eating meat more than ever!"

Same thing like if there are adds that people should save energy and fuel and think of the environment there are those who shout out loud: "Oh I'm buying a Humvee, driving with it everywhere, even 10 meter journeys, keeping my lights on all the time, heating my outdoor pool to 30 degrees of Celsius in the winter, buying 10.000 W lights to my front yard and keeping my electric sauna on all the time, even on nights and warming my backyard grass with electric power and cutting it with my Humvee and also throwing my garbage everywhere so that poor people can pick it up!"

:D

That's the image in my head.

Sorry for the incredibly looooooong response. I got carried away.