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minus-squareCraigeryTheKid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·1 year agoI want this chart, but add the third Z axis of “environmental cost” whether it be just CO2 emissions or a “total” impact score. I imagine those legumes get even stronger, while the meats lose ranking.
minus-squareMountain_Mike_420@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoEspecially if water is factored into the equation. https://www.statista.com/chart/9483/how-thirsty-is-our-food/
minus-squaretar@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agothis is such a great resource to understand why footprints are ridiculous metrics and how interconnected our industrial agriculture systems are.
minus-squaretar@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agowhy does cottonseed, which would otherwise go to waste, get counted against cattle, when that is a conservative of resources?
minus-squareVictoria Antoinette @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoaccording to this, cattle mostly graze or are fed things that otherwise would be wasted.
I want this chart, but add the third Z axis of “environmental cost” whether it be just CO2 emissions or a “total” impact score.
I imagine those legumes get even stronger, while the meats lose ranking.
Especially if water is factored into the equation. https://www.statista.com/chart/9483/how-thirsty-is-our-food/
this is such a great resource to understand why footprints are ridiculous metrics and how interconnected our industrial agriculture systems are.
why does cottonseed, which would otherwise go to waste, get counted against cattle, when that is a conservative of resources?
according to this, cattle mostly graze or are fed things that otherwise would be wasted.