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industrialized farming is killing the planet just as much as industrialized meat.
about 80% of agricultural land globally is used for raising live stock or growing food to feed livestock, but animal-based products provide less than 20% of calories consumed by humans. Meat is the main cause of industrial farming
That infographic doesn't make the distinction between arable land and pastoral land. I.e. there are areas we can't grow crops but can feed ruminates. That breakdown is like 30/70 from the agricultural section of the infographic. FAO Source
Meaning even if every cow was dead, the crop number doesn't increase
your argument is disingenuous.
you're blurring the lines between livestock and crop farming when I made it perfectly clear they are independent of each other.
You saying they're independent doesn't make them independent.
They are not independent of each other though. We wouldn't need nearly as much crop farming if it weren't going to feed livestock
Yes! Support your local regenerative farmer! Directly if you can.
It’s really really not, even from a resources perspective.
so the millions of gallons of water used to grow the plants, the millions of tons of fertilizer washed away in that water, the millions of acres of forest land cut down to grow the crops don't matter.
huh, learn something new every day. industrialized crops are good for the planet!
And who are the millions of acres of crops used for? To feed livestock and then get a small fraction of the calories out of it