Farm land or cattle farms, do we really need all these cattle farms?

Question

If you look at all the cattle farms in North America, do we need them or are they destroying earth? Cattle farms contribute to global warming. Areas of land are cleared for cattle to roam and land for argiculture is used up.

Cattle is expensive, but the world is also experiencing a food shortage (you will see in your grocery bills in the following months).

Answer 1

All the grain and water and other resources to put up cattle for slaughter could be better used to feed people. That is part of the reason why I do not eat meat.

EDIT Hopflower there is no reason to call her an idiot. At least she is THINKING!!!

Answer 2

everything you say is true ,but it is the market that stipulates the production .

Stop Americans from eating so much meat .and especially hamburgers .

Good luck.

One acre can feed one cow

or

one community with vegetables

Answer 3

You've hit upon a big issue with regards to global warming.  Not only do cattle have fairly significant methane emissions (from burps and manure), but the large amounts of land they require for pasture decreases the land available for forests and other CO2-absorbing plants.  Because of this, studies have shown that livestock are responsible for 18% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

The solution to that is simply to eat less beef, and meat in general.  Basically it's better to eat a meat like chicken/pork/fish than beef, and better not to eat meat at all in general.  Since I learned about this study I've basically stopped eating beef and reduced my overall meat consumption.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Answer 4

Yes we need these farms, steak is delicious!!!!