Regarding grass feeding: There are a lot of areas were cattle are raised naturally on a grass diet for milk production and meat (think Bavaria, Austria, Switzer

Regarding grass feeding: There are a lot of areas were cattle are raised naturally on a grass diet for milk production and meat (think Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland). In those areas growing corn or soy beans would be impossible. There are humane and sustainable ways of raising cattle for slaughter / milk production and people have been practicing them for a long time in such regions. Apart from the moral question whether killing animals for food is ok, I see nothing objectionable to consuming such locally produced products. At the same time there are plenty of ways that parts of the current western lifestyle could not be scaled up to the whole planet (meat eating habits being just one of them). In terms of environmental impact vegans / vegetarians avidly consume coconut oil, soy beans, nuts etc. All things that are typically produced far away and sometimes not sustainably produced at all (think the meat ersatz burger being rolled out right now). If you stick to regionally produced products, you are much more likely to have a positive environmental impact.