I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more.

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  • Ethical reason for consuming animals
  • Methane produced by cows are a harmful greenhouse gas which is contributing to our current climate crisis
  • Health Reasons - there is convincing evidence that processed meats cause cancer
  • it takes a lot more calories of plant food to produce the calories we would consume from the meat.

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    • Tywele
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      1511 months ago

      Not for grazing but for crops that are fed to animals in animal agriculture.

        • Tywele
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          211 months ago

          Without a source this is just a bogus claim.

            • Tywele
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              11 months ago

              76% of soybeans world wide are used as animal feed as per your own source. I’m not sure what you are trying to argue with your original comment to me?

                • Tywele
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                  011 months ago

                  Care to quote the relevant parts of your sources? I’m not going to read everything from that just to find this claim.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    011 months ago

                    Although some of the crop is used directly, more than 80 percent of the crop is processed into soybean meal and oil through crushing.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    011 months ago

                    both of them are pretty light reads.

                    if you prefer to live in ignorance I am not going to stop you.