“Fixing” the meat industry requires reducing its output by a magnitudal amount though. You can’t change what it takes to raise a living thing for the consumption from others.
The only way is output can be reduced is either companies themselves being conscious of it and making less money on purpose, or people eating less meat. Which is more likely to happen and actually work?
Easiest way to reduce the environmental impact is to do more factory farming. Though I don’t really think that’s a good idea since it’s often kinda horrific.
If I source my beef or lamb from low-impact producers, could they have a lower footprint than plant-based alternatives?
The evidence suggests, no: plant-based foods emit fewer greenhouse gases than meat and dairy, regardless of how they are produced.
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Plant-based protein sources – tofu, beans, peas and nuts – have the lowest carbon footprint. This is certainly true when you compare average emissions. But it’s still true when you compare the extremes: there’s not much overlap in emissions between the worst producers of plant proteins, and the best producers of meat and dairy.
I don’t see this as “stop eating meat to save the environment.” I see this as “fix the meat industry to save the environment”
“Fixing” the meat industry requires reducing its output by a magnitudal amount though. You can’t change what it takes to raise a living thing for the consumption from others.
The only way is output can be reduced is either companies themselves being conscious of it and making less money on purpose, or people eating less meat. Which is more likely to happen and actually work?
Easiest way to reduce the environmental impact is to do more factory farming. Though I don’t really think that’s a good idea since it’s often kinda horrific.
https://ourworldindata.org/less-meat-or-sustainable-meat