I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more.

Answer -

4 Parts

  • Ethical reason for consuming animals
  • Methane produced by cows are a harmful greenhouse gas which is contributing to our current climate crisis
  • Health Reasons - there is convincing evidence that processed meats cause cancer
  • it takes a lot more calories of plant food to produce the calories we would consume from the meat.

Details about the answers are in the comments

  • @jeffw
    9•1 year ago

    Just globally. Not sure about specific countries. Virtually all of the Amazon deforestation, for example

      • @jeffw
        16•1 year ago

        We can’t have more cows if they don’t have food. We need to cut down trees to grow other stuff to feed the cattle. Global demand for beef is rising, mainly due to increases of standards of living in Asia.

        So how do we raise more cattle without more farmland to grow food for them?

          • @jeffw
            12•1 year ago

            The cows are the issue though. If people buy beef, it doesn’t come out of the sky. How do you raise an animal without feeding it?