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It's not really stupid, the idea is cows eat plant matter that humans can't eat. Cellulose mainly from grass and other plants. They aren't eating the same plan
by ars 7y ago
It's not really stupid, the idea is cows eat plant matter that humans can't eat. Cellulose mainly from grass and other plants.
They aren't eating the same plants that you eat.
- danans 7y ago> They aren't eating the same plants that you eat. Humans don't eat corn and soy? Because that's what is fed to industrially raised beef cattle.
- helkafen 7y agoThat works up to a certain point, since the production is limited by the area of naturally occurring grasslands. When all the grassland is used, forests are cleared. Today, grazing is responsible for 80% of all deforestation in the Amazon [1]. [1] https://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/where_we_work/amazon/amazon_threats/unsustainable_cattle_ranching/ https://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/where_we_work/amazon/ama...