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If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares (ourworldindata.org)
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Half of the world’s habitable land is used for agriculture, with most of this used to raise livestock for dairy and meat. Livestock are fed from two sources – lands on which the animals graze and land on which feeding crops, such as soy and cereals, are grown. How much would our agricultural land use decline if the world adopted a plant-based diet?

Research suggests that if everyone shifted to a plant-based diet we would reduce global land use for agriculture by 75%. This large reduction of agricultural land use would be possible thanks to a reduction in land used for grazing and a smaller need for land to grow crops. The research also shows that cutting out beef and dairy (by substituting chicken, eggs, fish or plant-based food) has a much larger impact than eliminating chicken or fish.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you think would happen to the land now suddenly free, let’s say after one day everyone waking up vegan? That land would be exploited in another way.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Or not! We could have magnificent forests, for instance.