As I understand, there are places where you can just put cows and they feed themselves off the land. But there is also a tremendous amount of deforestation happ

As I understand, there are places where you can just put cows and they feed themselves off the land. But there is also a tremendous amount of deforestation happening because those lands are then used to grow food for cows that are in other locations. I find it amazing how well avoiding eating meat aligns good things: - less animal suffering - less pollution of air, water, and land - less waste (inefficient way to get calories) - better health (assuming you substitute meat with vegetables and not highly-processed food)