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Originally Posted by Azure
Ever been to a feedlot? Ever seen a massive laying hen operation? Ever actually looked into the 'unnatural' environment those animals are in before they get slaughtered?
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that a cow that can run free on the range and eat foods that they were MEANT to eat is going to have a healthier cut of beef than a cow that is crammed into a feedlot pen, doped up on antibiotics and growth hormone, and put through a slaughterhouse that would make most people puke.
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My biggest concern with organics and free range is essentially you are increasing the foot print in takes to produce meat. Meat is one of the most enviromentally destructive and wasteful processes taking 5 to 9 times more energy to produce than plant matter.
So in terms of world carrying capacity the best choice would be veggie but I love meat too much but after that the slaughterhouse model can produce more meat per unit of input energy and be cheaper and more affordable than the organic counterpart.