Environmental impact of meat production
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The environmental impact of meat production varies because of the wide variety of agricultural practices employed around the world. All agricultural practices have been found to have a variety of effects on the environment. Some of the environmental effects that have been associated with meat production are pollution through fossil fuel usage, animal methane, effluent waste, and water and land consumption. Meat is obtained through a variety of methods, including organic farming, free range farming, intensive livestock production, subsistence agriculture, hunting, and fishing.
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See also
- Agroecology
- Animal-free agriculture
- Carbon dioxide equivalent tax
- Cheap meat
- Cultured meat
- Economic vegetarianism
- Semi-vegetarianism
- Environmental impact of agriculture
- Environmental impact of fishing
- Environmental impact of pig farming
- Environmental veganism
- Environmental vegetarianism
- Ethical eating
- Ethics of eating meat
- Farmageddon (book)
- Meat Atlas
- Food vs. feed
- Human impact on the environment
- Meatless Monday
- Meat tax
- Overpopulation
- Sustainable agriculture
- Sustainable diet
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