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    1 year ago

    The meat industry is a pretty big outlier compared to human crop production. It turns out that the best-case production of meat, dairy, etc. comes out worse compared to even the worst-case production of any plants for human consumption on pretty much every environmental metric (emissions, land usage, etc.)

    Plant-based foods have a significantly smaller footprint on the environment than animal-based foods. Even the least sustainable vegetables and cereals cause less environmental harm than the lowest impact meat and dairy products [9].

    https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/8/1614/htm