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chickenbigtoday at 10:19 AM4 repliesview on HN

Does this mean we should be advocating for more intensive cattle rearing? Stockyards and special breeds may not be the worst way to meet demand and reduce environmental impact (measured by CO2/methane emissions as well as biodiversity loss, for instance).


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goda90today at 11:17 AM

Managed grazing along with other regenerative techniques can sequester carbon in the soil. Factory farms have the problem of concentrated dung disposal which usually leads to letting it sit in methane producing conditions and also feed for intensive operations usually comes from non-regenerative crop farming which uses more fossil-fuel fertilizer and depletes the soil.

choo-ttoday at 10:27 AM

It's far easier do avoid producing so much meat. A vegetarian diet is perfectly healthy.

pcrhtoday at 10:53 AM

Stockyards are the worst offenders. This is due to how the dung is processed, which releases a lot of methane. Grass-fed cattle have much lower net emissions of greenhouse gasses.

tempfiletoday at 10:20 AM

I despair. Is it that hard for us to imagine eating less meat?