James_FortisJul 23, 2024

Bacon tho

https://lemmy.world/post/17870099

Bacon tho - Lemmy.World

Show threadCheesyFoxJul 25, 2024

yeah, yummy meat. I like it a lot. Sometimes i salt it than dry it myself, and god, does it taste delicious. I might be bothered by the cruelty of all this meat industry, but guess what, if i were to choose, i’d rather be a farm pig. Anything actually that does not comprehend the cruelty of this reality, and i’m not talking about farms here. Also, unlike most of us they go away quickly.

P.S. fyi, latest studies show that plants might also feel the pain. Sorry to disappoint you guys, but it seems like we are just doomed to bring more suffering in this world. You better find a way to cope with this before it became more researched.

Show threadJames_Fortis
Note that an estimated 90% of global farm animals are factory farmed, and are fed monocrops like corn and soy that humans can eat. It’s about 10 times more efficient to eat the plants directly than the animals due to Trophic Levels, so if you’re worried about plants feeling pain you’d reduce their pain by eating them directly instead of their inefficient middlemen.
Global Farmed & Factory Farmed Animals Estimates

What percentage of animals are factory farmed around the world? We estimate that over 90% of farmed animals globally are living in factory farms at present. This includes an estimated 74% of farmed land animals and virtually all farmed fish. However, there is substantial uncertainty in these figures given the land animal estimates’ heavy reliance on information from Worldwatch Institute with unclear methodology and limited data on fish farming. In total, we estimate that around 31.0 billion land animals and 38.8 to 215.9 billion fish are being farmed globally at any given time.

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Show threadcommieAug 18, 2024
soy is a great example of how myopic this approach is: about 85% of all soy is pressed for soybean oil. the byproduct is fed to livestock, but if it weren’t, it would just be industrial waste. feeding animals soy is by-and-large a conservation of resources.