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Yes, what got me to stop eating red meat 47 years ago was learning that it took 16 pounds of grain to produce one pound of beef. I think that ratio has been revised down slightly, but the principle is the same.

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Yep, and anything that does drive down the ratio further is almost certainly detrimental to any attempt at promoting animal welfare. More intensive farming methods are greener - and who would want to support that?

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