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@sentientism @Evsthetractor @phineashead @FarmingUK @theRABDF @UniofOxford @oxmartinschool @oxfutureoffood @ScienceMagazine @UNFCCC @HHarwatt Veganism= ideology; fantasy one since crops also kill animals and indeed more by destroying habitat.
People who consume animal products= default diet for humanity. And land used is shared doesn't req pesticides, and is extensive because they move from pasture to pasture; &

@sentientism @Evsthetractor @phineashead @FarmingUK @theRABDF @UniofOxford @oxmartinschool @oxfutureoffood @ScienceMagazine @UNFCCC @HHarwatt that Kenya avocados v pastoral peoples a classic example; the herders there for 5k years alongside elephants but they won't a few years of survive avocados. I covered it all in this thread, as well as pointing out livestock are NOT just about FOOD, so
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@sentientism @Evsthetractor @phineashead @FarmingUK @theRABDF @UniofOxford @oxmartinschool @oxfutureoffood @ScienceMagazine @UNFCCC @HHarwatt also have to take in to account land & resources us eg Aral sea cotton = 24 species gone in 2 decades PLUS a food source for people & wildlife in just 2 decades. Contrast with wool, Serbia eg oldest known sophisticated use 7k millenia ago. Also the land loss in
China eg for

@sentientism @Evsthetractor @phineashead @FarmingUK @theRABDF @UniofOxford @oxmartinschool @oxfutureoffood @ScienceMagazine @UNFCCC @HHarwatt the massive industrialization the last few decades for mass produced tat like synthetics & inbuilt obsolete & wasteful consumer tech; that land loss putting pressure on other parts of the world for food imports, so they can produce crap humanity really does NOT need by WEF

@sentientism @Evsthetractor @phineashead @FarmingUK @theRABDF @UniofOxford @oxmartinschool @oxfutureoffood @ScienceMagazine @UNFCCC @HHarwatt corporates esp TECH and fast fashion. The shift from durable wool leather etc to synthetic has been seismic in last 30 yrs & extremely ecologically destructive and accounts for almost all fashions 10% emissions. SO when we see threadreaderapp.com/thread/1396976…

@sentientism @Evsthetractor @phineashead @FarmingUK @theRABDF @UniofOxford @oxmartinschool @oxfutureoffood @ScienceMagazine @UNFCCC @HHarwatt the WEF funding psudoscientific construct of 'food systems' which is FRAUDULENT accounting scapegoating of livestock v alternatives, it beggars belief people fall for it. Big data devoid of OBSERVATION about nature of land use evident eg my area v Almeria

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@sentientism @Evsthetractor @phineashead @FarmingUK @theRABDF @UniofOxford @oxmartinschool @oxfutureoffood @ScienceMagazine @UNFCCC @HHarwatt one way in which they do this; and of course orgs like 'Our World in Data' funded by Bill Gates and openly shilling his fake meat, and the Quandt family step children of Goebbels! Two threads here on that . So, when you have finished

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@sentientism @Evsthetractor @phineashead @FarmingUK @theRABDF @UniofOxford @oxmartinschool @oxfutureoffood @ScienceMagazine @UNFCCC @HHarwatt reading ALL those threads and links within in their entirety, get back to me because everything you have raised I have smashed in them. Otherwise it is not possible to have a debate about it.

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