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In reply to the discussion: Red meat plays vital role in diets, claims expert in fightback against veganism [View all]Farmer-Rick
(10,072 posts)8. And all those chemicals used on our fruits and vegetables aren't hurting the environment?
Anything done in excess is dangerous to this planet.
We need to find more sustainable ways to raise livestock. We have to find more sustainable ways to raise fruits and vegetables. (The excess nitrogen from fertilizers leaching into our waterways alone is killing much of our ocean.) We have to find more sustainable ways to travel and ship products. We have to find more sustainable ways to manufactor products and produce energy.
It's all one planet. A meat based diet is just as bad as chemical based fruit and vegetable farming. Wiping out one way of eating is not going to stop the destruction of this planet. It is all part of the same picture and must be addressed as a whole.
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Red meat plays vital role in diets, claims expert in fightback against veganism [View all]
brooklynite
Jan 2020
OP
My son was vegan for 7 years--and he was very aggressive about it. Yes, some do
tblue37
Jan 2020
#25
I had a coworker once who kept photos in her office of slaughtered animals
Clash City Rocker
Jan 2020
#80
The militant vegans do exist mostly on the internet and they are that way because they've seen the
UniteFightBack
Jan 2020
#27
And all those chemicals used on our fruits and vegetables aren't hurting the environment?
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#8
No it is Not a well established fact that raising pigs, chickens, goats, rabbits, cattle is worse
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#13
So it is Not meat farming you object to it's specifically cattle you object to.
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#20
Yeah, going local and knowing your farmer is the most sustainable way to go.
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#22
No, there is scientific research on it. It's about the greenhouse gas emissions
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2020
#61
The problem with your studies is that they don't take into account the chemicals used to raise your
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#65
You are all over the place in your arguments...so are we back to CO2 emissions?
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#74
Read links before using them. Bjorn Lomborg? Infamous climate change denier/minimiser
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2020
#75
You should take your own advice considering you posted a worldwide diet that includes meat
Farmer-Rick
Jan 2020
#81
No, you need to read what that "worldwide diet" is. And then read this thread.
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2020
#83
This is true but the it's the way we are doing it now that is the problem. The factory farm is the
UniteFightBack
Jan 2020
#29
? Russia, Yugoslavia and the Balkans are half a world away from the Inuit
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2020
#62
Maybe grains give people issues because they are high in glyphosate/Roundup
womanofthehills
Jan 2020
#45
In some parts of the world growing vegetables on a large scale isn't an option.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jan 2020
#31
I'm glad the 'meat industry' is feeling threatened because more people are eating more plants. nt
UniteFightBack
Jan 2020
#30
If there weren't so many people, we wouldn't need as much food of all types
The_jackalope
Jan 2020
#59