Affordability almost doesn't matter. Staple foods like rice, grains, and beans are staple foods for a reason.
Affordability almost doesn't matter. Staple foods like rice, grains, and beans are staple foods for a reason.
Veganism according to the vegan society:
https://www.vegansociety.com/go-vegan/definition-veganism
> "Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; ...
Most importantly to the point, animal agriculture causes more suffering because we still need to farm grains for feed, more than we would have to otherwise. Reducing animal agriculture will have a positive impact on wildlife, reducing deforestation, etc.
Uh, where do you think Vegan friendly foods are grown? Do you realize that the earth must be cultivated to grow the vast majority of these foods? Do you think farmers of these foods take kindly to crop damage from wild animals?
Beef cattle do not require farmed grain, in fact many graze only beef farms exist and the practice continues to gain popularity.
I respect your choice to be Vegan, please respect my choice to reject lab grown goop.
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/where_do_all_these_soybeans_go....
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aad401#....
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-rethink-c....
https://agamerica.com/power-of-10-top-10-produce-crops-in-th...
Suggesting any solution which is not scalable to the whole world is not a solution at all. For example Joe Rogan is talking about how hunting as being ethical way to get meat. But what would happen if 7 billion people hunted their meat?
https://www.statista.com/statistics/194297/total-number-of-c...