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I'm certain a system could be devised to allow enough pasture-raised cattle, chickens and pigs to be raised in happy, healthy conditions until slaughtered for f
by Valmar 9y ago
I'm certain a system could be devised to allow enough pasture-raised cattle, chickens and pigs to be raised in happy, healthy conditions until slaughtered for food. It would take more resources, but it would be worth it. It might also support the plant ecosystems more, because soyabean and grain monocultures won't be needed.
However, the current Capitalist system's greed will ensure that this doesn't happen, because of the junk/fast food industry and their advertizing.
Without junk/fast food's demands, the amount of meat required to sate the global population may actually shrink, because with proper education, food addiction may vanish, meaning we'll only need to eat what we actually need for nutrition and not for addiction's sake.
- cageface 9y agoThere is no way we can feed the entire population the amount of meat that Americans eat every day even with industrial farming practices, so there's no chance at all we can do it with sustainable, humane practices. The only way it would work is if people ate WAY less meat per person than Americans currently do: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/is-the-livestock-industry-destroying-the-planet-11308007/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/is-the-livestock-indus...
- Valmar 9y agoProblem with the US is the fast food industry. Eliminate that, educate people properly, and you need far less meat to sate the ridiculous demand.