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This land isn’t for you or me. It’s for the meat industry. | Almost half of the continental US is used for meat production. There’s something better we could do with it. (www.vox.com)
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[–] nooneescapesthelaw@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Most of the US is empty and fertile unlike other parts of the world, land use is not really the biggest issue with meat farming

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like you didn't even read the first paragraph of the article

[–] nooneescapesthelaw@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Although the article talks about biodiversity, people may have other concerns and i thought i would note them

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