BlackRose@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoEating meat creates four times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, landmark study findswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square893fedilinkarrow-up1938arrow-down1258
arrow-up1680arrow-down1external-linkEating meat creates four times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, landmark study findswww.independent.co.ukBlackRose@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square893fedilink
minus-squareXTornadolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down6·1 year agoI wouldn’t go as far as say that deforestation would stop since half of it is for products not for animals, like soybeans and palm oil.
minus-squareTTShred@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year ago“80% of the world’s soybean crop is fed to livestock, especially for beef, chicken, egg and dairy production” - WWF
minus-squareschroedingershat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoBoth are used for animal feed, and the vast tracts of no longer needed crop land would displace other demand.
I wouldn’t go as far as say that deforestation would stop since half of it is for products not for animals, like soybeans and palm oil.
“80% of the world’s soybean crop is fed to livestock, especially for beef, chicken, egg and dairy production” - WWF
Ok I didn’t know that.
Both are used for animal feed, and the vast tracts of no longer needed crop land would displace other demand.