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NZ dairy farming become very intensified. Less than 200 acres is not worth it I heard. The effect on our environment is not good.

• 1letterunixname 3y ago
  Meat and dairy ag are terrible for the following reasons: - climate change - 15% of GHGs not counting total inputs of fuel and feed - antibiotic resistance - antibiotics are used excessively to raise production, similar enough to the ones used in humans to evolve drug-resistant pathogens - pandemics - many animals peeing and pooping together, in close proximity, create an "institutional" Petri dish effect plus regular cross-contamination with humans and random wildlife - pollution - of water, air, and soil
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  • raybb 3y ago
    Taking this course soon to learn more about environmental impacts of insects as a food source. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35882520 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35882520