I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more.

Answer -

4 Parts

  • Ethical reason for consuming animals
  • Methane produced by cows are a harmful greenhouse gas which is contributing to our current climate crisis
  • Health Reasons - there is convincing evidence that processed meats cause cancer
  • it takes a lot more calories of plant food to produce the calories we would consume from the meat.

Details about the answers are in the comments

  • goforliftoff@lemm.ee
    301·
    1 year ago

    I remember driving through Iowa and seeing vast fields of corn and learning that the majority of that corn was not even destined for human consumption. That kinda blew my mind.

    • rog@lemmy.one
      11·
      1 year ago

      Luckily there is still enough left over to poison the population with high fructose corn syrup

    • Dr. Coomer@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      You wanna know another fact? Not all corn can be consumed by humans. There is actually corn that can only be eaten by animals like cows.