While I support not eating meat, I am also realistic and reducing is good enough.
But the problem is that not every meat is created the same. There is one footprint for meat feom animals that are grazing and are used in regenerative agriculture and much bigger from industrial farming of cows fed with irrigated alfalfa in desert.
I think it is a nice combination from multiple strong sides. Corporations don’t want us to be better by using some plant or mushroom we can grow by ourselves. This is pharmaceutical, alcohol, tobaco…
But also a lot of the reason is some are using illegal trade to make secret money, some for them selves, others for secret operations, third group use it for blackmailing.
Generally only criminals want those illegal and are pushing narative on media who is making propaganda.