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I agree, a conventionally raised cow is given corn to the point that it would die from this diet with a few weeks by the time its slaughtered. And corn might b
by csmeder 8y ago
I agree, a conventionally raised cow is given corn to the point that it would die from this diet with a few weeks by the time its slaughtered.
And corn might be the worst mono crop we have (causing the most destruction to eco systems).
I intentionally said free range (non feed lot cows) for this reason.
As far as methane, I wonder if we could focus on eating small free range mammals, such as rabbits instead. I’m not knowledgeable in what each animal out puts from a methane stand point per pound of food. But it seems it’s clear, from my limited knowledge, if we switched back to more farms leaving the eco system as is and raising free range cattle we would be killing much less animals than a plant based diet.
- cageface 8y agoFree range cattle wouldn't come anywhere close to meeting the current demand for meat. People would have to get used to eating meat a lot less often and paying a lot more for it. It takes around 7-10kg of feed to produce 1kg of meat. Eliminate that waste and we can easily feed everyone a healthy plant based diet instead.