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Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat

droopy4096@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

this only holds for industrial red meat. I love it when everything gets lumped together and presented as “evidence”. Non-industrial, small scale farming actually can have reverse effect. But we don’t talk about avoiding industrial products, because… why? 100mile diet that includes sustainably raised meat (white, red blue - whatever) from local farm will have minimal impact on environment. Shall we talk about avocados in Canada or Almonds? Study lack nuance and produces flashy headings with no substance.

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JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Apart from the methane problem, all livestock farming takes, by definition, a massive amount more land than arable farming to produce the same amount of food. On a stressed planet of 9 billion people, there simply is not enough land to feed everyone with red meat.

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- droopy4096@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Incorrect. In certain areas (like mine) only grass grows very well and is very prolific chocking off any other species. Grazers make a lot more sense and a lot less impact. Including soil build-up for future crop raising.
  
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