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I used to feel similarly, but now, I'm not so sure. What worries me is that lab-grown meat will allow big ag practices to continue, which will do more harm to o
by andscoop 5y ago
I used to feel similarly, but now, I'm not so sure. What worries me is that lab-grown meat will allow big ag practices to continue, which will do more harm to our co2 emissions and world's soil health.
To expand on this further, there is active research and practices into sustainable farming practices that show diverse crop rotations along dense but short grazing across the land has the ability to rebuild top soil 10x than previously thought. Most importantly this top soil serves as a MASSIVE CARBON SINK.
Using this proven methods, we can leverage the world's farmland to sequester carbon while improving the health of our soil and the nurtition density of our food.
The catch is that we need the animals to restore soil health and presumably we need the business model of selling the meat to make this practice sustainable.
Further Reading:
Dirt to Soil - Gabe Brown
Alan Savory's Holistic Management Practices - https://youtu.be/q7pI7IYaJLI https://youtu.be/q7pI7IYaJLI
https://www.marincarbonproject.org/ https://www.marincarbonproject.org/
- jurip 5y agoHow many animals are we talking about in a scenario where all the animals were being used for crop/grazing rotation? I've heard about this and it sounds good to me, but without having looked into it at all, it sounds to me like something that probably wouldn't support the number of animals we're using right now for meat production?
- greenonions 5y agoEven if you could convert all the corn/soybean land in the United States to more regenerative methods, you probably wouldn't be able to meet the current demand for meat. Additionally you have a logistical problem with the animals being distributed across an enormous area vs concentrated in a CAFO. Now, you would easily be able to grow enough food for the country and possibly the globe, but meat demand cannot be sustained.
- andscoop 5y agoDo you have a source for not being able to meet meat demand? using which "regenerative methods"?
- andscoop 5y agoGabe Brown uses 700k pounds of cattle per acre, but he moves the cattle daily. On his site, he claims the pastures are 15-40 acres. [1] So I presume 700k pounds of cattle per 40 acres would give you the figure you're looking for. [1]: http://brownsranch.us/grazing/ http://brownsranch.us/grazing/