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Raising cattle doesn't generally use water from or divert water from aquifers.
by ericjmorey 3y ago
Raising cattle doesn't generally use water from or divert water from aquifers.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoWhere do you think it comes from, then?
- Ekaros 3y agoSky...
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoMost cattle production happens west of the 98th meridian, where not enough water falls from the sky to support livestock or vegetable or fruit production at commercial scale.
- saalweachter 3y agoDepends on the place, depends on the method, depends on the scale. Beef and dairy can be a way to convert grasslands to human-consumable calories or be used to convert overproduction of grains (necessary as insurance against crop failures) into high quality protein, but it can also be a way to degrade marginal ecosystems and convert groundwater into an unhealthy national diet.