Comment on Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad
jeffw@lemmy.world 2 years agoMost deforestation today is to grow animal feed.
Comment on Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad
jeffw@lemmy.world 2 years agoMost deforestation today is to grow animal feed.
TwoFace211@feddit.ch 2 years ago
jeffw@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Just globally. Not sure about specific countries. Virtually all of the Amazon deforestation, for example
TwoFace211@feddit.ch 2 years ago
jeffw@lemmy.world 2 years ago
We can’t have more cows if they don’t have food. We need to cut down trees to grow other stuff to feed the cattle. Global demand for beef is rising, mainly due to increases of standards of living in Asia.
So how do we raise more cattle without more farmland to grow food for them?