Can We End Factory Farming Without Giving Up Meat? (with Bruce Friedrich)

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Read the full transcript here. • Why is producing meat so inefficient? How does animal agriculture contribute to hunger and malnutrition? How large are the environmental costs of meat production? How does industrial animal agriculture increase the risk of antibiotic resistance and future pandemics? Would organic or free-range farming solve these problems? What are the biggest sources of suffering for animals on factory farms? Why do people who oppose animal cruelty continue to buy factory-farmed meat? Why does meat consumption keep rising around the world despite decades of advocacy encouraging people to eat less of it? What exactly are plant-based and cultivated meat, and how are they…