networkpro
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You're giving the standard mental gymnastics response that all vegans encounter. You wouldn't believe how many people I've met on the internet that raise their own animals for food. It's disproportionate to reality.
Your livestock still needs to be fed. Usually, it's fed soy. Growing soy as feed for livestock is responsible for about 80% more deforestation than if we just ate the crop directly. On top of that, you don't need to force an animal into existence for slaughter.
This thread seems to have leaned in the way of "health", but if you want to talk about the "morally superior" side of veganism, I'm here for it.
Sorry to destroy your narrative, but you can stop by our ranch off of FM730 in Texas to see the grass that our cattle feed on (a mix of Coastal Bermuda and that nasty Johnson grass that sneaks in). Funny that you bring up soy as that is one of the highest concentrations of proteins that Vegans rely on so collectively they are in direct competition with the feedlots and cattle.