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Fantasy Farming

George Monbiot · 28 May 2023 · monbiot.com

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  1. Their solutions, such as pasture-fed meat, with its massive land demand , are impossible to scale without destroying remaining wild ecosystems: there is simply not enough planet.
  2. But it leads, if enacted, to hunger, ecological destruction or both, on a vast scale. Our arcadian fantasies devour the planet.
  3. Widespread meat-eating in the 19th century became possible only through the colonisation and clearance of Australia and the Americas
  4. The answer is not more fields, which means destroying even more wild ecosystems. It is partly better, more compact, cruelty-free and pollution-free factories.