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Originally Posted by ronmcdon
I'm not so sure I buy that argument.
The study merely looks at 'lives lost', which really has little bearing on how much or what the said animal eats.
For instance, a chicken (used for meat or egg laying) will pretty much consume less food throughout it's lifespan.
Lifespan of a chicken is likely to be shorter (Im guessing here).
How much ecological impact of the actual diet of the livestock may have different effects in the environment (i.e cow grazing off grass or eating corn).
In the case of the US, I'm not so sure if the diet of the animal has such an huge impact ecologically, or at least not directly.
We have a huge corn industry here in the US that's still subsidized by the gov't.
It is not expensive to feed cows corn, or at least it's more cost-effective to feed them corn than graze on corn.
Corn probably causes the cows to produce more methane (farts) b/c their digestive system isn't meant to handle corn.
If you're interested in being ecologically sensitive, I would say stick to grass-fed beef for the most part.
I stick to grass fed myself, but it's b/c I enjoy the flavor of grass fed beef a bit more.
I agree that sanitary conditions should probably be raised too,
(as well as ecological impact among other factors),
but honestly I see no bearing as to what that has to do with this study.
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When I read the article it stated that they got this information from somewhere else. Ive seen some other studies a few years back which included something like this in an overall bigger picture. Trying to just have that little chart by itself isnt very helpful to anyone
In places that they are fed decently, the amount of food we feed these animals to get them all big and produce milk far exceeds what we get from them, meaning more people can be fed with the corn, grains etc. than what we get back in lbs of beef
The majority of cows are definitely not fed straight corn anymore. They are fed nasty slop looking shit which is full of all kinds of shit to make them bigger and would make us wanna puke! The cows look very unhealthy. I believe if they were kept healthy like in some farms these animals would produce even higher yields
If you're ever down here in the south and get a chance to check out one of these places please do. You won't want to ever eat beef again, that is if you can even get past the smell which floats miles away
the last really didnt have anything to do with the study, it was just some added info lol