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Beef is a net positive for the environment while "vegan" mass-produced cash crops are a net negative. Beef can (and does) graze on natural pastures that would
by otabdeveloper4 6y ago
Beef is a net positive for the environment while "vegan" mass-produced cash crops are a net negative.
Beef can (and does) graze on natural pastures that would have been otherwise ruined and turned into something useless.
- perfunctory 6y agoIf only we ate grass fed beef exclusively. Unfortunately this is not the case.
- otabdeveloper4 6y agoSeems a heck of a lot easier to motivate people to feed their cows on land nobody wants anyways than to invent "vegetarian meat".
- perfunctory 6y agoUnfortunately not. There is simply not enough land to replace all beef with grass-fed beef.
- otabdeveloper4 6y agoCitation needed, because there is a lot of unused land in the world.
- adtac 6y agoCash crops such as soy that are a mainstay in vegan diets? What do you think most of the cows eat before they're slaughtered for your lunch? A five year Oxford University study done on 38,700 farms showed that if everyone in the world switched to a plant based diet, we would be able to reduce agricultural land by 76% [1]. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29853680/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29853680/