▲ 211 ▼ [Answered] Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by Skyraptor7@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 305 comments fedilink hide all child comments I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more. Answer - 4 Parts 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. Details about the answers are in the comments
[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's like 3% of the cows. The rest is raised in factory farms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Crisps@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago This is nonsense. ‘Exception for male dairy calves, production is predominantly pastoral-based, with young stock spending relatively brief portions of their life in feedlots. ’ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6039332/ Almost all cattle spends some time on feedlots, as grain improves the meat close to slaughter. Ignore these sites that give the false impression that almost all cows are raised in feedlots. It is blatantly incorrect and obvious to anyone that drives outside the city and looks out of the window. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Crisps@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago This is nonsense. ‘Exception for male dairy calves, production is predominantly pastoral-based, with young stock spending relatively brief portions of their life in feedlots. ’ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6039332/ Almost all cattle spends some time on feedlots, as grain improves the meat close to slaughter. Ignore these sites that give the false impression that almost all cows are raised in feedlots. It is blatantly incorrect and obvious to anyone that drives outside the city and looks out of the window. permalink fedilink source parent