Comment on Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad
pfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.one 10 months ago
Because you need considerably more resources to grow meat than you need to to grow a nutritionally equivalent amount of vegetables.
Comment on Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad
pfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.one 10 months ago
Because you need considerably more resources to grow meat than you need to to grow a nutritionally equivalent amount of vegetables.
TwoFace211@feddit.ch 10 months ago
Wilzax@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That field could be used to grow a different crop than grass, which would use less water per calorie of human food produced
ValiantDust@feddit.de 10 months ago
Also, hardly any cows just eat grass these days. That’s not how you get a lot of meat as fast and as cheap as possible. Also, since cows need a lot of grass, I a lot less area would remain for other crops even if they did (since grass needs way more area for the same amount of calories than stuff like soybeans). So it’s actually a good thing, they aren’t just eating grass.
TwoFace211@feddit.ch 10 months ago
TwoFace211@feddit.ch 10 months ago
thethirdobject@lemmy.world 10 months ago
as a Swiss, it is an issue. our glaciers are metling more and more every year and we rely on hydropower a lot, we need all the rain and water we can get, even if it seems like there is a lot.
Wooki@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Jesus your downvotes. Seems facts hurt some real delicate flowers…
tetraodon@feddit.it 10 months ago
It’s a false choice. Land not used for grazing could be rewilded, which provides benefits in both biodiversity and carbon fixing.
Wooki@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Who waters the grass to feed cows? You grow them in a suitable region!
Cynicivity@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Unless you are a small hobby farm, you’re not putting your cows out on pasture alone to raise them for meat. Most grasses are deficient in one or more vital nutrients that the cows need to grow. Most cows today are fed TMR (Total Mixed Rations). These are diets carefully mixed with different grasses, grains, hays, and mineral supplements. There are different metabolic diseases that cows can get when eating diets deficient in different nutrients. Cows that are sick don’t want to eat, and cows that don’t eat don’t grow. To a farmer, that’s like burning money.
jeffw@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Most deforestation today is to grow animal feed.
TwoFace211@feddit.ch 10 months ago
jeffw@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Just globally. Not sure about specific countries. Virtually all of the Amazon deforestation, for example
tetraodon@feddit.it 10 months ago
You forget that most land was forested (even in Europe) before humans decided that grass was more useful than trees.