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      11 months ago

      Yes, nutritionally speaking chicken feed isn’t the best substitute for chicken.

      A good vegan equivalent to chicken vindaloo on rice isn’t corn vindaloo on rice. It’s chickpea vindaloo on rice.

      A good vegan substitution for chicken tacos isn’t a corn taco. It’s black bean tacos.

      Yes, beans are a little lower in protein than chicken. No, that doesn’t really matter ,reasonable vegan diets will have adequate protein. And there’s a reason legumes and a grain are a staple in many cultures - black beans and corn, lentil soup with bread, tofu and rice - it’s tasty, nutritionally sound and an efficient use of cropland.

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        11 months ago

        I will take your notes. Can we simply reduce the meat intake coverall instead of eliminating it? I think a balance or moderation is good. We are naturally omnivores after all.

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          11 months ago

          Yes.

          There’s assorted waste byproducts that aren’t good eats but can be fed to animals - for example, spent brewery grain or sugar beet pulp. Some number of chickens and pigs can be raised sustainably. Not very many,
          but some.

          Some number of deer can be hunted sustainably. Likewise with wild boar.

          100 people doing meatless Monday is the same as 14 people going vegan. And 100 flexitarians who eat meat on average one day a week are worth 85 people going vegan. Any amount of reducing meat intake is better than nothing.

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            11 months ago

            Holy hell, people consume that much meat? I feel like I don’t really eat meat often. I do love bird, but I’m pretty sure I have meatless Monday most Mondays haha.