Why should we care about animals? The answer is simple: if we are serious about confronting our personal and planetary impact, we cannot hit a wall when it comes to the largest population burdened by that impact, nor can we exclude the avoidable and mercenary exploitation that drives it. #vegan

The carbon footprint of dairy cows “is five times higher than tofu; ten times higher than beans; and more than twenty times higher than peas for the same amount of protein”. From Cowbells on the Kill Floor #vegan #sustainability ourworldindata.org/food-choice-...

Do we not have a moral obligation to make kinder choices when modern society allows us the privilege of doing just that? #FriendsNotFood

How other humans see us only matters so far. The lynchpin of our humanity is how we regard non-human animals and the natural world. That may sound outrageous because we’re used to defining humanity by how we treat each other, assuming “each other” means only other humans. From Cowbells.

Fruits, including avocado, have an environmental impact up to 100 times lower compared to cows, sheep, milk, eggs, pork, chicken, and fish. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35742005/ #vegan #sustainability

Competition for already scarce land between food and fodder threatens global nutrition. In Europe, for instance, two-thirds of cropland is allocated for animal feed. Redirecting these resources could make 70% more calories available for direct human consumption. #vegan #foodsecurity

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Veganism is dismissed as naïve idealism, yet any remaining non-vegan calls to abolish factory farms are still taken seriously. The reason should be obvious: the regenerative omnivore’s wish for factory farms to disappear is not genuine. Meat, in any form, is expected to be available indefinitely.

The 14.5% figure of animal agriculture’s share of global GHG emissions stemmed from an IPCC AR4 overestimate which was later revised down by the IPCC AR5. It has never been mentioned by the FAO authors. More credible sources conclude that even the lowest revised estimate would have been 16.5%.

80% of agricultural methane arises from animal farms, of which almost 90% comes from enteric fermentation by cows and sheep, and about 10% from animal manure. Methane from rice is 92% lower. It’s not the rice. It’s the cows. #vegan #methane #sustainability #agriculture

In the 19th century, people who refrained from meat were ridiculed and ostracised from mainstream culture for being “odd,” “eccentric,“ and “half-crazed.“ Cut to today, and we can only marvel at the breathtaking progress of anti-veganism. #vegan #plant-based #culture

If we must exercise imagination to acknowledge what is already present within animals, it shows how dependent our moral ideas are on superficiality. From Cowbells on the Kill Floor #vegan #sentience

REAL ANIMAL RIGHTS NOW !!!!!!!!!!!

In the UK, 63% of agricultural land is grassland for feeding livestock and 22% feed crops. Animals are used and prematurely killed to feed our proud nation of animal lovers, leaving just 15% of farming land available for food crops. From Cowbells on the Kill Floor. #vegan #plant-based

Black veganism isn’t purity politics. It’s remembering that liberation was never meant to be compartmentalized. Food. Land. Labor. Bodies. Futures. All connected. 9/10

We coo over pets and admire rolling pastures but flinch at the thought of what happens beyond the fences. We watch glaciers melt and corals starve, yet still believe our daily choices have nothing to do with it. #vegan #climate #veganism #nature #speciesism

Humanity’s great failing has been to believe that moral inquiry ends with itself. From Cowbells on the Kill Floor #vegan #writer #ecology #sustainability

A note on welfarism: Better exploitation is not better than no exploitation. #vegan #veganism #animals #animalrights

A new take on an established message.

Respect is not a delicacy reserved for those who resemble us. It is the cord that binds any meaningful claim to justice.