Agriculture — Especially Cattle Feed — Uses Most of Earth’s Freshwater (sentientmedia.org)
from wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net to vegan@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 23:49
https://slrpnk.net/post/20315958

peer-reviewed meta analysis: Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers by J. Poore, T. Nemecek et al.

no-paywall upload by Poore on his website

processed data visualized well on OurWorldInData

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jol@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Apr 03:42 next collapse

But I’ve been told by many omnis that cows basically only eat rain fed grass?? How could this be? 😔

veganpizza69@lemmy.vg on 03 Apr 15:07 collapse

I’ve had arguments with someone who believed that the grass-fed cows don’t impact the water reserves in the area because the cows urinate on the soil.

arakhis_@feddit.org on 03 Apr 14:34 collapse

I’d find it more impactful to make the science paper the main focus (the link). Not some biased Blog – which ofc can be very helpful to initially spark your interest in topics you haven’t heard yet

But we have very strong evidence of this in scientific consensus, a peer reviewed meta analysis: Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers by J. Poore, T. Nemecek et al.

(off topic: newer study on ghg bound to nutritional value of items )

Personal no paywall Upload by Poore on his website found here

And processed data visualized well on i.e. Ourworldindata

If you feel lost in any way with these sources, look for imagery figures, they often contain the resulting messages. (but without helping you understand how the results are to be weighted in relevancy due ie data collection methods and choices)

wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net on 03 Apr 18:25 collapse

Thank you for taking the time!