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RE: Why I am a vegetarian
- Yes, every animal dies. I acknowledged this in my article, that well raised livestock have better lives than most wild animals.
- Hunting is no more humane than any other form of animal death. But if one were to eat meat, I think hunting wild game and eating is the best possible form.
- I agree that a lot of the issues associated with meat can potentially be linked to industrial animal agriculture. We would need to study European diets where they don't have CAFOs and use more traditional methods of farming. As of now, it's just an assumption.
- You are wrong about the price of good quality meat. Farmers who raise their animals well have lower feed to meat ratios and take longer for their animals to reach weight. The prices I've quoted are accurate. I know the farmers where I got the prices from, and they are some of the best in the country.
- Medicaid and Socialized Healthcare are a needed result of our toxic food system that the government sponsored. I would be more concerned with my dollars going to pay for Corn and Soy subsidies.
I think your prices quoted are probably accurate at the moment. What I said was:
" if chemical agriculture was not a thing.... The price of good quality meat would be comparable to the price of a vegetarian diet."
And that is partially a thing because of the farm subsidies you mentioned. Your last bullet point I totally agree with.
My prices were comparing organic agriculture to small scale organic, free range, grass fed animal agriculture. I think these prices will stay pretty much the same if chemical agriculture were not a thing.
I don't know. I think the huge market share that chemical and processed food holds really skews the market. I'm pretty sure there would be a huge change in prices if there was only local food, and more expensive exotic food.
But to be honest.... it is only speculation since we will never see a 100% overhaul unless there is a nuclear holocaust or some other really HUGE infrastructure changing event.
I guess if the only supply were small scale sustainable organic foods, the prices would change. But I’m not sure in which direction.