▲ 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
[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I'm not arguing that we should eat animal feed, but rather use that land to grow food for humans permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) we already do that. for instance, soybeans. over 80% of the global soy crop is pressed for oil for human use, but then the industrial waste is fed to livestock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 4lan@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) It's funny how nowadays when a cow eats what is naturally supposed to eat we charge double price for it and consider it some specialty. It's no wonder they have to jack them up with hormones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago cows mostly eat grass. the grain finish is just to fatten em up permalink fedilink source parent
[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) we already do that. for instance, soybeans. over 80% of the global soy crop is pressed for oil for human use, but then the industrial waste is fed to livestock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 4lan@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) It's funny how nowadays when a cow eats what is naturally supposed to eat we charge double price for it and consider it some specialty. It's no wonder they have to jack them up with hormones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago cows mostly eat grass. the grain finish is just to fatten em up permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) It's funny how nowadays when a cow eats what is naturally supposed to eat we charge double price for it and consider it some specialty. It's no wonder they have to jack them up with hormones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago cows mostly eat grass. the grain finish is just to fatten em up permalink fedilink source parent
[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago cows mostly eat grass. the grain finish is just to fatten em up permalink fedilink source parent