The joy of greenwashing

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Zaros@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I must say, 'green meat' doesn't sound particularly appetizing.

dontcarebear@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Why is there a sudden hate of the meat industry

Edit: fixed typo

Nindelofocho@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 3y

too organized

Simbomba@feddit.de · -8 pts · 3y (3 replies)

It's from what i know still greener than all that vegan stuff (Disclaimer I'm not against Vegan products and rely on them as I can't eat anything dairy)

usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Plant-based foods have a significantly smaller footprint on the environment than animal-based foods. Even the least sustainable vegetables and cereals cause less environmental harm than the lowest impact meat and dairy products [9].

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/8/1614/htm

If I source my beef or lamb from low-impact producers, could they have a lower footprint than plant-based alternatives? The evidence suggests, no: plant-based foods emit fewer greenhouse gases than meat and dairy, regardless of how they are produced.

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Plant-based protein sources – tofu, beans, peas and nuts – have the lowest carbon footprint. This is certainly true when you compare average emissions. But it’s still true when you compare the extremes: there’s not much overlap in emissions between the worst producers of plant proteins, and the best producers of meat and dairy.

https://ourworldindata.org/less-meat-or-sustainable-meat

Simbomba@feddit.de · 1 pts · 3y

Okay i see my mistake They have significantly progressed in the last few years

TheGreatSpoon@lemmygrad.ml · 6 pts · 3y

I wonder what's greener. 1. Eating steak or 2. giving birth to a child, raising it to adulthood on a steak diet and then eating them.

I mean it doesn't really matter either way because it's really a moral issue, but there's no way anyone thinks it takes more resources to grow crops than it does to breed entire animals