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minus-squarekersplooshlinkfedilink22•4 months agoI expect a substantial portion of that cow pasture/range land is dry grasslands and shrub steppe out west. It’s rough terrain and not good for much else. A lot of it doesn’t even have cows on it most of the time.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•4 months agoIt simply takes a loooot of food to produce 1kg of beef
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•4 months agoVegans and ecologists have been talking about this exact issue for a while now
minus-squareElcaineVoltacakelinkfedilink9•4 months agoliterally decades. lots of talk around the conditions that bring new pandemics too.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoif its alafalfa, i think alot of farm land are, its usually exported to the Middle east.
Do we not eat any of the cows?
I expect a substantial portion of that cow pasture/range land is dry grasslands and shrub steppe out west. It’s rough terrain and not good for much else. A lot of it doesn’t even have cows on it most of the time.
It simply takes a loooot of food to produce 1kg of beef
Vegans and ecologists have been talking about this exact issue for a while now
literally decades. lots of talk around the conditions that bring new pandemics too.
if its alafalfa, i think alot of farm land are, its usually exported to the Middle east.