Humanity is failing one of its greatest moral tests
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Humanity is failing one of its greatest moral tests
Domesticated chickens and cattle may well be an evolutionary success story, but they are also among the most miserable creatures that ever lived.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
While veganism is a waste of valuable biomass (only ruminants—that is cattle, sheep, and goats—can digest such cellulosic plant tissues as straw and stalks), high-level carnivory has no proven nutritional benefits: it certainly does not add any years to life expectancy, and it is a source of additional environmental stress. Meat consumption in Japa
... See moreVaclav Smil • How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
We have done a lot of consumer research that basically tells us something incredibly important for this whole story: which is that meat lovers love their meat. They're not going to be persuaded to eliminate it from their diet, or even reduce consumption. They are going to keep eating it. They like it because it's delicious, they like it because the... See more
The Verge • Impossible Foods CEO Patrick Brown on a new kind of meat
also read Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals, an open and hard-hitting answer to the author’s sincere question, If I really knew the realities of animal agriculture, could I still eat meat? At the book’s conclusion, Foer couldn’t. And now, no longer, could I.