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Re:Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – s... by gvjddbnvdrbv on Saturday August 15, 2020 @01:33PM (#24170579)
Being pedantic. If we eat the stuff they feed to the cows I eat we would die. Grass is not human digestible.

My point being the problem is not meat which is a natural part of our diet (and is traditionally raised on land not well suited to crops) but the crazy frankenmeat many are reduced to eating due to overpopulation.

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Re:Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – s... by Ma8ee on Saturday August 15, 2020 @01:36PM (#24170605)
And as you well know, no one is suggesting that, so why is it worth to mention?
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Re:Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – s... by jiofih on Saturday August 15, 2020 @04:48PM (#24172256)
Pretty sure the parent comment was suggesting that. Hé even said “it’s what vegetarians do”.
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Re:Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – s... by astura on Saturday August 15, 2020 @05:41PM (#24172676)
Cows raised for beef are almost always fed corn and soy in feedlots, not let out to pasture to graze on grass.
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Re:Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – s... by jiofih on Monday August 17, 2020 @03:52AM (#24185005)
Indeed, it’s a shame since grass-fed tastes much better and is more environmentally friendly.

Either way, we can’t just “eat what the cows eat” directly and there are a lot more variables to consider.

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Re:Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – s... by Ma8ee on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:01PM (#24170846)
All meats are causing much more greenhouse gas emissions than vegetarian food. Even cows only eating grass farts a lot, which is a significant contribution (not kidding).
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Re:Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – s... by ben_w on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:21PM (#24171035)
> a natural part of our diet

What has been natural about our diets since the invention of cooking?

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