The environmental effects go further too. New Zealand has done huge damage to its waterways with cattle farming. It’s primarily dairy rather than beef though. Different end product, same beast.

Fun fact: coffee with cow's milk tastes disgusting to me now. I'm a total soy milk convert, and that about does it for dairy. I rarely eat cheese. Eliminating dairy was trivial. I still eat meat though, but I live in Australia so we have relatively inexpensive grass fed stuff that is produced domestically (for now).

New Zealand dairy products are often cheaper in Australia than here in NZ where they are produced. I don’t get how that’s happening.