The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith is a good book to read about it all, too.
The fact is that mono-agriculture is the biggest threat to the planet - clear cutting forests, mineral depletion in the soil, the fossil fuels to harvest (if you care about fossil fuels), etc etc.
Livestock can thrive on rocky and uneven land that can't be used for growing anything.
The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith is a good book to read about it all, too.
The fact is that mono-agriculture is the biggest threat to the planet - clear cutting forests, mineral depletion in the soil, the fossil fuels to harvest (if you care about fossil fuels), etc etc.
Livestock can thrive on rocky and uneven land that can't be used for growing anything.