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Forested areas can be agricultural land. Rivers that run through forests are better environments for fish. Forests help keep water around. Coffee and other plan

Forested areas can be agricultural land. Rivers that run through forests are better environments for fish. Forests help keep water around. Coffee and other plants that do well out of full-sun can be grown in forests. If we in the USA stopped converting corn into ethanol we'd have some land to return to prairie/wetland/woodland/etc., and if/when we change our diets to eating higher-quality food less often (which involves being okay with going a day without snacking, knowing there's a wonderful, wholesome meal eventually) I think we'll be able to adjust to eating more of the things that grow in forests. We'll need to restrict ourselves to effectiveness rather than efficiency, though, harvesting little enough so that the ecosystem stays resilient.

FrenchAmerican 5y ago
Meat is by far the production that require land. 1 cow requires 2.5 acres of land, if my memory is right. If we cut meat consumption, then we have plenty of space available. We should eat much less meat in all cases, that's one of the few points that meta-analyses of effect of diet on health have pointed out. We really need one piece of red meat like beef per week to get the vitamin B12. And no more than one meal with meat every other day. Or we can have the same amount per week but with half portion everyday - for example if the dish requires meat for its taste. With much fewer cows, we can then let them roam freely in forests, which they prefer by far. Grass without shade is good for golf, not for cows. In the US, most cows don't even have grass ; they walk all day in their own shit, parked in overpopulated enclosure, and fed with soja. That's so disgusting that cattle breeders went to court - and won - to forbid any photo of their enclosures. I'm not a vegan, not even a vegetarian and I consider humans to be omnivorous by nature. But I want to eat the meat of happy cows, happy pigs and happy chicken. Without hormones, without antibiotics, without GMOs feed. That means a more expensive meat but it tastes so much better, really. Chicken are super tasty when raised in natural conditions. Pork is unbelievably better.

FrenchAmerican 5y ago

Meat is by far the production that require land. 1 cow requires 2.5 acres of land, if my memory is right. If we cut meat consumption, then we have plenty of space available. We should eat much less meat in all cases, that's one of the few points that meta-analyses of effect of diet on health have pointed out. We really need one piece of red meat like beef per week to get the vitamin B12. And no more than one meal with meat every other day. Or we can have the same amount per week but with half portion everyday - for example if the dish requires meat for its taste. With much fewer cows, we can then let them roam freely in forests, which they prefer by far. Grass without shade is good for golf, not for cows. In the US, most cows don't even have grass ; they walk all day in their own shit, parked in overpopulated enclosure, and fed with soja. That's so disgusting that cattle breeders went to court - and won - to forbid any photo of their enclosures. I'm not a vegan, not even a vegetarian and I consider humans to be omnivorous by nature. But I want to eat the meat of happy cows, happy pigs and happy chicken. Without hormones, without antibiotics, without GMOs feed. That means a more expensive meat but it tastes so much better, really. Chicken are super tasty when raised in natural conditions. Pork is unbelievably better.