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A chicken needs 4 m2 per bird to be called free range (in the EU), a battery chicken needs less space than a sheet of paper, and they can be stacked. Then you n
by speleding 2y ago
A chicken needs 4 m2 per bird to be called free range (in the EU), a battery chicken needs less space than a sheet of paper, and they can be stacked. Then you need twice as much land to grow their feed, or more if you don't want to use intensive agriculture. This is not something you can realistically offset with multi-use land usage.
I don't particularly care whether people choose to let the environment or animal welfare prevail, but the choice should be well-informed.
- seec 2y agoYes, basically those are cheaper because they use less ressource and thus have necessarily less environmental impact. It doesn't make sense any other way. Capitalism has plenty of bad outcomes, but inefficient use of ressources not generally one of them. All of this makes it very hard for people who are posturing trying to appear virtuous/moral in their choices (food, clothing, whatever). At the end of the day if you think you are a problem the best solution is to get rid of it... All the studies about plant-based vs animal food are deeply flawed because they don't compare properly the nutritional profile and ressource intensity. Most of what we feed to animals is waste/byproducts or just not fit for human consumption, but conveniently can be grown in less arable land.