Originally Posted by
lenA
Yes it is trendy to endorse grass fed....kinda self serving and animal rightsy, but does nothing to address the needs of most who can't afford, or are not aware of what they are eating
Meat has to be a processed commodity to feed the world. Pasture raised livestock won't cover it. The industry needs to continually be pressured to make changes, but I guess a convenient alternative food source is the solution for some.
I live in and ag area and ever since they moved the animals out of pasture, and into containment, there has a remarkable recovery from rampant top soil erosion. And that's in the States
why are you even here? Do you even race? Or are you just here to spout your own view on the economics of the meat business? All your posts in the 33 are in this thread, where you are arguing more about the politics and economics of the agricultural business more than the nutritional needs of bike racers.
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On a side note, that you think recovery from rampant top soil erosion justifies the commercial livestock industry is a red herring and laughable. Acres of forests gets cut down in developing countries order to meet demands of new farms, not to mention the tens of methane that gets produced. And you think that large scale meat production is somehow "sustainable?"
Mikey is absolutely right that we don't really need to eat that much meat-based protein a day, nor could the world sustain such a habit for all the population on this planet. To insist otherwise is to be willfully blind to the externalities imposed by meat production.
I personally don't eat that much meat, probably around ~3.5 lbs a week, 80% of which are grass fed chicken thigh. It comes out to be about 0.50 lbs or 220 g/day from which i get ~40g of protein split over 2-3 meals. This is supplemented by protein from cheese, milk, and whey protein, and i usually get ~130g total.