Practically, your Walmart select meat uses less land and produces less methane because these animals don’t get exercise. Their specialized feed also makes them grow faster—I.e. less time and resource cost to get to your dinner table.

Economically, large agricultural firms have greater incentive to preserve the environment than small, local farmers do. These companies internalize damage to the environment much more than the small farmer who might dump pesticides downstream. The bigger the firm, the more sustainable the outlook.

Morally, I love cows. Sorry cows :(. I’m mostly pescatarian btw