If you eat meat, eat less, please
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They should title the article “eat less American meat”. First, most of the meat that comes from South America is grass feed and free range. The only thing they do is let the cows roam in the natural grasslands, impacting the environment less than for example, growing soy beans, or anything in large cultivated areas (which destroys and pollutes everything). Them out of the blue they give the percentage of undernourished children ( for no apparent reason) of the total population of the whole South America, while the countries that export meat are mainly Argentina and Uruguay, the ones with less or very low malnourishment levels. I support the concept that fruits and vegetables should be the most important part of anybody’s diet (like is mine), but of course I can afford organic produce, while most of America eats super coated fertilizer and pesticides veggies. This article is just crap!.
The statistic about malnourished children is to show that most AMERICANS are consuming the meat that is imported in, as opposed to the children of the countries that it is grown in. I know they need the money, but maybe the land could be used for plant-based food instead and the children could eat that food. The last statistic is basically explaining that.
Luis you are deluded, the meat from South America is literally eating up the rain forest. As farmers chop down more and more forest for cattle grazing land the impacts of human/farm encroachment are devastating on the natural landscape and ecosystem. The percentage of undernourished children is given to show the terrible injustices of our food production system(s). And you are again deluded if you think SA doesn’t import beef, who do you think is McDonald’s biggest beef supplier? As for pesticides, I am glad you told us what you are doing to ensure food security at home, to ensure that people in your community have access to pesticide free food.. oh wait, you didn’t tell us… the only thing that is crap is your logic Luis!