Unless there is a major shift in dietary trends, by 2050 global farmland will need to expand by 31%.
That means ecological devastation.
Interestingly and disturbingly, almost all of it will be extra pasture, not extra arable:
That means ecological devastation.
Interestingly and disturbingly, almost all of it will be extra pasture, not extra arable:
This highlights the urgent need to move away from an animal-based diet.
Source: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
Source: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
Yet we are constantly being told by food writers that we should switch TOWARDS pasture-fed meat.
Because it requires a greater land area per kg of food than any other form of food production, it is uniquely damaging to wildlife and habitats.
Because it requires a greater land area per kg of food than any other form of food production, it is uniquely damaging to wildlife and habitats.
Why have almost all the UK's temperate rainforests been turned into this?
Pasture-fed meat.
Pasture-fed meat.
Why are wolves, coyotes and pumas slaughtered across North America?
Pasture-fed meat.
Pasture-fed meat.
Why is the Amazon burning?
Pasture-fed meat.
Pasture-fed meat.
Why is Madagascar's unique ecology vanishing at astonishing speed?
Pasture-fed meat
Pasture-fed meat
Intensive meat production is bad enough.
But by definition, extensive production requires more land per kilo of produce. If everyone now eating intensively-reared meat switched to pasture-fed, we would need another planet or two.
The answer? Stop eating meat and dairy altogether
But by definition, extensive production requires more land per kilo of produce. If everyone now eating intensively-reared meat switched to pasture-fed, we would need another planet or two.
The answer? Stop eating meat and dairy altogether
