I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more.

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  • Ethical reason for consuming animals
  • Methane produced by cows are a harmful greenhouse gas which is contributing to our current climate crisis
  • Health Reasons - there is convincing evidence that processed meats cause cancer
  • it takes a lot more calories of plant food to produce the calories we would consume from the meat.

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  • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    most cows eat mostly grass most of their lives. they also eat silage. and yes there is corn, but that’s not the bulk of any cows diet

    • fkn@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Not in industrial farms. There is no grass there. They don’t bring hay.

      It’s literally a sales pitch in the US to disambiguate corn fed and grass fed cattle.