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But we use SO much land to grow the food that cattle eat. It's not a useless metric at all.
by sweetheart 5y ago
But we use SO much land to grow the food that cattle eat. It's not a useless metric at all.
- wyager 5y agoYes, and? We're not using it for anything else. Saving 93% of the arid scrubland we use to raise cattle in the US wouldn't benefit us in any way. OTOH, growing soy and other plant protein sources used for fake meat requires high-quality land and is extremely taxing on the soil. As an interesting reference, take a look at how farmers in Brazil use deforested Amazon land to graze cattle only after depleting the soil to grow soy for a few years, at which point it is inhospitable to plant agriculture.
- Pfhreak 5y agoWhat do cattle eat in CAFOs, and how much of their lives are spent there and how much more do they eat there than when they are younger and smaller? And where does that food come from?
- julienreszka 5y agoThe food that ruminants eat are mostly non-human edible leftovers, so they effectively reduce waste.