you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [S] 8 points 2 days ago (1 child)

Though the issue is a bit more specific than just industrial farming in this case. Meat, dairy, etc. production is inherently really inefficient compared to eating plants because you have to do so much more farming for animal feed where most of the energy is lost

we show that plant-based replacements for each of the major animal categories in the United States (beef, pork, dairy, poultry, and eggs) can produce twofold to 20-fold more nutritionally similar food per unit cropland. Replacing all animal-based items with plant-based replacement diets can add enough food to feed 350 million additional people, more than the expected benefits of eliminating all supply chain food loss.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1713820115

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    can add enough food to feed 350 million additional people

    Good thing birth rates are declining and we’ll all be dead from climate change related disasters and shortages before we need to worry about supporting another 350 million people.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] [S] 12 points 2 days ago

    For what it's worth, moving towards a plant-based diet also helps with climate change too

    Transitioning to plant-based diets (PBDs) has the potential to reduce diet-related land use by 76%, diet-related greenhouse gas emissions by 49%, eutrophication by 49%, and green and blue water use by 21% and 14%, respectively, whilst garnering substantial health co-benefits

    https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/8/1614/html

  • source
  • parent