In a way I actually feel more guilty, because my tastes are something that are probably more resource-intensive.
Meaning that it's definitely harder to produce a perfectly ripened apple, than it is to make a two-bit story about "muh special hickory-mahogany smoked wood casket" and sell it to brainwormers
I've found that East Asian people care more about food quality in general. Those boxed fruits they sell at Korean/Chinese stores are often (not always) much higher quality than the stuff at the grocery store, while being the same price (the catch being that you have to buy the entire box)
The best apples I've ever had were from one of these boxes, they were grown in Shandong
However, according to this estimate, a "low meat" omnivorous diet actually feeds more people than a universal vegan diet. Which makes intuitive sense because animals are part of pretty much every traditional farm system, just in much lower amounts than what average Americans eat.
As for how much lower, this study says that the vegan diet fed fewer people than both vegetarian diets and the lowest two of the omni diets. So it looks like getting everyone to eat 1/3 the amount of meat of the average American is a pretty optimal spot, at least according to this study
Of course all the ethical reasons for veganism remain intact and cannot ever be reconciled with an omnivore diet, unless lab grown meat ever came to fruition
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In a way I actually feel more guilty, because my tastes are something that are probably more resource-intensive.
Meaning that it's definitely harder to produce a perfectly ripened apple, than it is to make a two-bit story about "muh special hickory-mahogany smoked wood casket" and sell it to brainwormers
I've found that East Asian people care more about food quality in general. Those boxed fruits they sell at Korean/Chinese stores are often (not always) much higher quality than the stuff at the grocery store, while being the same price (the catch being that you have to buy the entire box)
The best apples I've ever had were from one of these boxes, they were grown in Shandong
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well, I'm not a vegan, but I also don't eat that much meat, particularly red meat
https://ensia.com/notable/which-diet-makes-best-use-of-farmland-you-might-be-surprised/
However, according to this estimate, a "low meat" omnivorous diet actually feeds more people than a universal vegan diet. Which makes intuitive sense because animals are part of pretty much every traditional farm system, just in much lower amounts than what average Americans eat.
As for how much lower, this study says that the vegan diet fed fewer people than both vegetarian diets and the lowest two of the omni diets. So it looks like getting everyone to eat 1/3 the amount of meat of the average American is a pretty optimal spot, at least according to this study
Of course all the ethical reasons for veganism remain intact and cannot ever be reconciled with an omnivore diet, unless lab grown meat ever came to fruition