From the article: > “Cattle consume roughly 25 calories of plant material for every calorie of edible protein they produce, according to some estimates. Even c

From the article: > “Cattle consume roughly 25 calories of plant material for every calorie of edible protein they produce, according to some estimates. Even chickens, the most efficient form of livestock from a feed perspective, eat 9 to 10 calories of food for every calorie of edible protein produced. Friedrich, the director of GFI, has said that’s like throwing away 8 plates of pasta for every one plate we eat.” Beef and chicken have more than protein calories. They also have carbohydrates and fats. Reporting only a slice of the calories is as misleading as saying a 100 calorie chocolate chip cookie only has 25 sugar calories so it’s healthy. Unless someone responds with a counter-argument, this takes away some amount of the authority this article has.