I. Vegetarianism and the Environment First off, there is no guaranteed diet that is best for the environment. Some people who switch to vegetarianism as a way to fix the world, but others realized restricted diets aren’t the answer. Meat eaters do, however fuel the factory farming business. Factory farming does destroy; it destroys prairies, forests, soil, and animals. Overgrazing is destroying arable land more and more each day (ProCon.org 3). Around 85% of all grazing land cannot be farmed (ProCon.org 3). While the meat industry is destroying the environment, vegetarians are not innocent either (ProCon.org 3). Vegetarians do contribute to destruction, and Lierre Keith is very passionate about bringing that to attention when she says, “When the rain forest falls to beef, progressives are outraged and ready to boycott. But our attachment to
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The idea that humans are supposed to eat meat can be called dominance and subordination, mutual indebtedness, or kas-limaal (Keith 3). Lierre Keith makes the point that all organisms need each other by stating the example, “the cow produces food for someone else. Her manure feeds soil, plants and insects. The mechanical action of her hooves and her teeth helps the grasslands stay diverse. Her digestive processes free up nutrients -- and not just for her, but for the whole community. Her body will become a meal for predators, scavengers and degraders of all sizes.” (3). Even though what Keith said is true, but it doesn’t always apply. The natural life cycle isn’t so natural anymore with factory farming and humans intervention. “Grazers in the wild are much different from grazers in domestication.” gives an explanation against eating meat to continue the food chain of animals (Zaikowski 4). The food chain has been manipulated so much that we cannot go off what history tells us about organisms’
The idea that humans are supposed to eat meat can be called dominance and subordination, mutual indebtedness, or kas-limaal (Keith 3). Lierre Keith makes the point that all organisms need each other by stating the example, “the cow produces food for someone else. Her manure feeds soil, plants and insects. The mechanical action of her hooves and her teeth helps the grasslands stay diverse. Her digestive processes free up nutrients -- and not just for her, but for the whole community. Her body will become a meal for predators, scavengers and degraders of all sizes.” (3). Even though what Keith said is true, but it doesn’t always apply. The natural life cycle isn’t so natural anymore with factory farming and humans intervention. “Grazers in the wild are much different from grazers in domestication.” gives an explanation against eating meat to continue the food chain of animals (Zaikowski 4). The food chain has been manipulated so much that we cannot go off what history tells us about organisms’