I hate to have to tell you this, but if we raised the same amount of the same foods with non-industrialized methods it would be a whole lot worse.
Marianne Williamson
 @marwilliamson
30 Mar 2021
I hate to have to tell you this, but industrialized farming has destroyed half of the world’s bird population. How. Dare. We.
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How?
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Although it’s complicated and varied, yields track with industrialization, especially at large scale, and lower yields mean more land required which means more native habitats destroyed.
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Of course the biggest problem isn’t industrialization - it’s cows - they use ~80% of land dedicated to livestock or feed and that the overwhelming majority of land footprint of ag.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @mbeisen
Unfortunately people still have to eat. This is why we should fund things like GMO research, to get higher yields with less land. And also, to reiterate, eat less meat, especially red meat.
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