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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
“The new research shows that without meat and dairy consumption, global farmland use could be reduced by more than 75% – an area equivalent to the US, China, European Union and Australia combined – and still feed the world. Loss of wild areas to agriculture is the leading cause of the current mass extinction of wildlife.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding-meat-and-dairy-is-single-biggest-way-to-reduce-your-impact-on-earthAvoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on EarthBiggest analysis to date reveals huge footprint of livestock - it provides just 18% of calories but takes up 83% of farmland
