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.

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  • @[email protected]
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    12 years ago

    I remember driving through Iowa and seeing vast fields of corn and learning that the majority of that corn was not even destined for human consumption. That kinda blew my mind.

    • Dr. Coomer
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      12 years ago

      You wanna know another fact? Not all corn can be consumed by humans. There is actually corn that can only be eaten by animals like cows.

      • Dr. Coomer
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        02 years ago

        If America was a food, it would be sugar and high fructose corn syrup.