The alternative is to eat vegan! Animal products consume more plants/land by far than plant foods. I believe the ratio is on the order of 20x the land to produce the plants that go into a typical meat-and-vegetables diet vs. a vegetarian diet. But don't quote me--I'd like to seek recent, well-sourced data.

Livestock eat most of the plants--people are consuming the plants indirectly. (I think it's amazing that the article fails to note that. They mention the. US-vs-Asia difference, even, but never follow the thought.)

Morgan
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> Interesting article I thought I'd share:
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> Are we doing more harm to the Earth? What are alternatives?
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