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Indeed, there are many who make so much noise made about how unsustainable and environmentally toxic industrial cattle farming is, but then it's crickets when it comes to how unsustainable and environmentally toxic industrial agriculture is.

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This could well be a regional thing, but where I’m from most who decry industrial cattle farming do so along with industrial agriculture. The thinking is that a disproportionate amount of industrial agriculture is done in support of cattle farming. Less industrial cattle farming means less industrial agriculture.

>The thinking is that a disproportionate amount of industrial agriculture is done in support of cattle farming

Why is that the thinking?

I've read that 86% of cattle feed is byproducts from industrial agriculture that is inedible to humans.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sacredcow.info/blog/qz6pi6c...

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