@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 2 years agoEating meat creates four times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, landmark study findswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square919fedilinkarrow-up1952
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoI wouldn’t go as far as say that deforestation would stop since half of it is for products not for animals, like soybeans and palm oil.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•2 years agoBoth are used for animal feed, and the vast tracts of no longer needed crop land would displace other demand.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•2 years ago“80% of the world’s soybean crop is fed to livestock, especially for beef, chicken, egg and dairy production” - WWF
I wouldn’t go as far as say that deforestation would stop since half of it is for products not for animals, like soybeans and palm oil.
Both are used for animal feed, and the vast tracts of no longer needed crop land would displace other demand.
“80% of the world’s soybean crop is fed to livestock, especially for beef, chicken, egg and dairy production” - WWF
Ok I didn’t know that.