I expect a substantial portion of that cow pasture/range land is dry grasslands and shrub steppe out west. It's rough terrain and not good for much else. A lot of it doesn't even have cows on it most of the time.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Vegans and ecologists have been talking about this exact issue for a while now

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 week ago

literally decades. lots of talk around the conditions that bring new pandemics too.

[–] Phytobus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

It simply takes a loooot of food to produce 1kg of beef