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• soldehierro 5y ago
  Not at all. While animals can be pastured, most of the livestock in developed countries is reared in grain-fed CAFOs. These are, in most cases, grain that is suitable for human consumption or could be made so. Moreover, almond milk is still ecologically preferable to cows milk.
  • krageon 5y ago
    > almond milk Life is already hard enough for people with nut allergies (which is apparently more common than I thought), so let's just make that oat milk and call it a day. A lot better for the environment too :)
    • klyrs 5y ago
      Variety is good. People can also be allergic to oat. https://www.healthline.com/health/oat-allergy https://www.healthline.com/health/oat-allergy
  • aczerepinski 5y ago
    And oat milk preferable to almond milk.
  • Broken_Hippo 5y ago
    "most of the livestock in developed countries is reared in grain-fed CAFOs" That simply isn't true. It is very, very common in the US. I've not seen a trace of it in Norway: Farmers here seem a bit appalled. From what I understand, at least some aspects of this sort of farming have been outlawed in much of Europe, and Europe is full of so-called "developed countries".
  • wbsss4412 5y ago
    This isn’t correct, all cows are raised on pasture, the only distinction is whether they are finished on pasture or in CAFOs.
  • Zababa 5y ago
    > most of the livestock in developed countries is reared in grain-fed CAFOs. In France the majority of what cows eat is grass, between 56% to 80%. https://www.alsace-lait.com/de-quoi-est-constituee-lalimentation-dune-vache-laitiere/ https://www.alsace-lait.com/de-quoi-est-constituee-lalimenta... https://www.la-viande.fr/animal-elevage/boeuf/alimentation-bovins https://www.la-viande.fr/animal-elevage/boeuf/alimentation-b...