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Vegan · 3 years ago

If everyone were vegan, only a quarter of current farmland would be needed. Most is currently used to grow plants to feed animals.

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If everyone were vegan, only a quarter of current farmland would be needed. Most is currently used to grow plants to feed animals.

www.economist.com

AgreeableLandscape to

Vegan · 3 years ago

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If everyone were vegan, only a quarter of current farmland would be needed

www.economist.com

Most is currently used to grow plants to feed animals

Reminder that deforestation and natural habitat destruction is responsible for the extinction crisis, and the new growth forests that can crop up in place of unused pastures will be a significant carbon sink.

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Does that assume the same proportion of food waste?

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