• Sybil@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    vastly more plants need to be harvested to feed livestock,

    i don’t think this is true. many breeds are ruminants, and no plants are harvested for them at all, as they graze. i don’t think it’s strictly true that any plant ever needs to be harvested to be fed to livestock.

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      10 months ago

      Do you really think the majority of slaughterhouse animals are grazing? Grocery store and fast food meat comes from animals that live on corn, soy, etc feed, which is why places like the Amazon are being destroyed to grow crops.

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        10 months ago

        what soy is fed to animals is almost entirely the byproduct of soybean oil production. that is a conservation of resources.

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        10 months ago

        Do you really think the majority of slaughterhouse animals are grazing?

        I didn’t say that.