Forgetting non-stun processes for a moment, most know that the majority of slaughterhouses in Australia use "stunning" (the rendering of the animal insensible). In fact, this is the basis upon which slaughter of animals is heralded as "humane". But do you know what the failure… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Field study estimates of efficacy of bolt gun stunning for cows vary from 2% to 0.1% failure (including those found by a revered consultant to the Meat and Livestock industry, Dr Temple Grandin). That sounds pretty good right! Statistics are very good for whitewashing horrific… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
If you’re going to list micronutrients and say they’re missing from PBDs, you should probably check which ones are already made by our bodies, and which have plant alternatives (iron) or precursors (beta carotene). Also one Brazil nut supples RDA for selenium.
According to Defra, in 2019 the U.K used 182,000ha of land for oats, yielding 6 tonnes of oats per ha
Based on your figures that dairy cows use 925000 ha of land, and assuming, as you did, only 35% of that is croppable, that would allow for 323,750 ha to grow oats on.
For two days someone who has self identified as a “nutritionist” argued with me about this- despite me sending research to show that plant based diets are helpful and can cover all our needs, from pregnancy to athletes. I can not believe how lacking in knowledge people are.
The position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is that:
“protein from a variety of plant foods eaten during the course of a day supplies enough of all essential amino acids when caloric requirements are met.”
We point out that protein-rich foods, such as traditional legumes, nuts & seeds, are sufficient to achieve full protein adequacy in adults consuming vegetarian/vegan diets, while the question of any amino acid deficiency has been substantially overstated. mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/1…