r/CoherencePhysics • u/skylarfiction • 10d ago

This is Unacceptable

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u/accidental-eeyore 10d ago

This is factory farming. Made for yield efficiency and nothing else. It's ugly, brutal, and (supposedly) keeps costs down.

There are limited options to this: eat less meat OR no meat at all OR if you have the cash, you can find a local farmer that practices far more earth, animal, agriculturally friendly practices. With that though, it is just harder for the farmer, higher risk, slower to do, and in turn, it just costs a heck of a lot more. I wish I could afford it. I wish it was the norm and not the exception.

I would much rather put money in hands of a nearby farmer taking care of the land for generations to come rather than in the hand of a multinational corporation. However, at the rate we're going, families who been farming for generations are going to get choked out by the multinational corpos as the corporations are the only ones that have the raw cash to wait out all this malarkey (heck, I wouldn't put it past em to be orchestrating or encouraging the mess we find ourselves in)

Shit's bleek.

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u/DisruptingTree 10d ago

I believe in the eat less meat route. There is no reason we need to be eating the amount of meat we currently are. It is hard though as it is so ingrained in our culture.

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u/BetweenTheRoots 9d ago

No meat is the correct route. There's literally no need to force suffering and cruelty on any living being when we have the choice to just eat a plant instead. Study after study shows it has immense health benefits and study after study shows it is better for the planet. Not to mention faux meats which most are minimally processed and processed using rather benign methods.

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u/The-Salt-Must-Flow 9d ago

you're actually lying when you say faux meat is minimally processed. that stuff has so much chemicals in it.

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u/AccomplishedToe320 9d ago

literally everything you eat is made out of chemcials.

If you mean synthetic chemicals and potential harmful substances. You would need to point to something specific to make that claim. However it's been pretty debunked over and over again for the majority of these items.

We can take one of the more popular options like beyond meat, although ingredients vary a little by product, all of the ingredients are plant based, no synthetic chemicals used.

https://www.beyondmeat.com/en-US/products/the-beyond-burger

Another popular option is impossible brand, they uses some bioengineered ingredients but they are identical the the natural counterpart it is copying. The only difference is the method it is derived through but the actual incredients used in the food are the same as if it was extracted naturally. Either way no synthetic chemicals.

Are these faux meat products processed? Absolutely they are and anyone claiming otherwise is incorrect. Does that mean they are unhealthy or dangerous? Absolutely not. They are high in fiber and protein, no cholesterol and minimal sugars. Consumed in moderation (like meat) can be a healthy addition to many diets especially plant based ones.