Destructive farming is the issue — not whether you eat meat or vegetables
Land degradation, biomass loss and climate change are intertwined, whether in the Amazon or a savannah
28 August 2019 - 05:10
The ongoing destruction of the globe’s rainforests has been brought into devastating focus by the Amazonian blazes. One of the chief mainstream responses has been: “Stop eating meat.”
On the face of it, that’s an understandable response. Much forest destruction is caused by agriculture, mostly livestock farming. About 80% of Amazonian soya grown is for cattle feed. About 60% of the cleared land is used for pasture. Horrendous. But “Stop eating meat” is a simplistic response that ignores the bigger problem: destructive agriculture. ..
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