also the savings in water and soil might be offset to an undetermined degree by how the nutrients for the hydroponics are sourced (pretty sure they import them from some other country…)
Funny thing, our environmental sciences class recently got into a little unplanned debate about the practical and ethical implications of animal-based fertilizer like aquaponics and manure. People were arguing that the plants grown from those processes would technically not be vegan, but a major counterpoint was that the only alternative would either be artificial fertilizers which are also very environmentally problematic, or letting land fallow for decades, which wouldn’t produce enough food for the current human population.
I feel like most vegans would agree that human products are generally exempt from veganism because humans can consent to these products being used, so as long as you respect their right to consent or refuse then there’s no problem. Maybe @k_o_t@lemmy.ml can elaborate.
i guess i meant to say that being vegan is a continuous function, non-binary so to speak, and perhaps unless we all agree on a very strict definition of the word vegan it’s just a matter of your inner moral compass
also the savings in water and soil might be offset to an undetermined degree by how the nutrients for the hydroponics are sourced (pretty sure they import them from some other country…)
Funny thing, our environmental sciences class recently got into a little unplanned debate about the practical and ethical implications of animal-based fertilizer like aquaponics and manure. People were arguing that the plants grown from those processes would technically not be vegan, but a major counterpoint was that the only alternative would either be artificial fertilizers which are also very environmentally problematic, or letting land fallow for decades, which wouldn’t produce enough food for the current human population.
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I feel like most vegans would agree that human products are generally exempt from veganism because humans can consent to these products being used, so as long as you respect their right to consent or refuse then there’s no problem. Maybe @k_o_t@lemmy.ml can elaborate.
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I mean, there’s a limit.
reminds me of this video :)
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well, a star had to die at some point for us, so i guess there’s no point :/
Not sure what you mean. Can you elaborate?
i guess i meant to say that being vegan is a continuous function, non-binary so to speak, and perhaps unless we all agree on a very strict definition of the word vegan it’s just a matter of your inner moral compass
you can’t really use it with hydroponics, which is the kinda of the main feature of these vertical farms
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interesting, never heard of it 🧐
but again, many issues as pointed out in the article