3volver@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhy do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth?message-squaremessage-square159fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down1122
arrow-up1-3arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth?3volver@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square159fedilink
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down7·10 months agoCows are not all fed on grain. A lot of cows are ranched on land that would not be suitable for growing grain crops.
minus-squareScrof@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down3·10 months agoBillions of trees every year get cut down to make space for cattle pastures, now tell me how destroying entire ecosystems that have been there for potentially thousands of years is worth some particular meat.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down7·10 months agoAnd billions of acres of pasture could never support trees
Cows are not all fed on grain. A lot of cows are ranched on land that would not be suitable for growing grain crops.
Billions of trees every year get cut down to make space for cattle pastures, now tell me how destroying entire ecosystems that have been there for potentially thousands of years is worth some particular meat.
And billions of acres of pasture could never support trees