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Re:A no-beef diet is great – but only if you don’t replace i... by pkphilip on Sunday May 23, 2021 @10:23AM (#27255189)
Cattle/livestock is also used for improving the quality/fertility of the soil for growing crops. It drastically reduces the need for harmful fertlizers, the need to till the land as much (reducing diesel usage) etc.. Also, the milk and meat is a nice bonus.
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Re:A no-beef diet is great – but only if you don’t replace i... by loceng on Sunday May 23, 2021 @11:02AM (#27255440)
The Sacred Cow documentary is worth watching which goes into detail of this cycle - including that a lot (most?) crops use animal manure for fertilizing, so you still need the animals.
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Re:A no-beef diet is great – but only if you don’t replace i... by pkphilip on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:02AM (#27264462)
Apart from that, livestock grazing has been used effectively to fight desertification by Allan Savory and others.

https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/reversing-desertification-with-l...

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