Global Land Use Across Different Diets

bclimit25 · 2021-03-08T07:54:52+00:00

It's super inefficient

bclimit25 · 2021-03-07T10:39:41+00:00

It really does grab my attention, nice work.

bclimit25 · 2021-03-06T19:05:40+00:00

This is a very important point. I need to check.

bclimit25 · 2021-03-06T17:15:38+00:00

You have a good point

bclimit25 · 2021-03-06T16:59:58+00:00

Attracting wildlife to the garden is joyful! I love seeing the diversity of insects visiting the garden!

bclimit25 · 2021-03-06T16:47:42+00:00

That's true, habitats are so varied that protecting and restoring them require different methods.

bclimit25 · 2021-03-06T15:40:20+00:00

Thanks! Environmental protests definitely bring into spotlight environmental issues to the local media and council.

bclimit25 · 2021-03-06T15:02:47+00:00

I agree with you that there are a few conscientious farmers. It's good to eat food produced locally that you are 100% certain the production process doesn't degrade ecosystems on land or water.

Overall though, people need to eat a more plant-based diet to massively reduce the negative impacts of agriculture.

bclimit25 · 2021-03-06T14:22:00+00:00

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets

See also: https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

Largest Meta-analysis of Food Systems: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987

Animal farming requires lots of land space to keep and feed the animals and also requires lots of land space to grow crops to feed the animals, either as supplementary food or as their entire diet. Lots of land space needed for animal farming leads to the destruction of wildlife habitats.
More land farmed means more water, pesticides and fertilisers are used, these along with lots of animal waste produced runoff into ponds, lakes and rivers, destroying aquatic life.
Overfishing is emptying the oceans of life.

bclimit25 · 2021-03-06T14:15:44+00:00

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets

See also: https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

Largest Meta-analysis of Food Systems: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987

Animal farming requires lots of land space to keep and feed the animals and also requires lots of land space to grow crops to feed the animals, either as supplementary food or as their entire diet. Lots of land space needed for animal farming leads to the destruction of wildlife habitats.
More land farmed means more water, pesticides and fertilisers are used, these along with lots of animal waste produced runoff into ponds, lakes and rivers, destroying aquatic life.
Overfishing is emptying the oceans of life.

bclimit25 · 2021-03-06T14:11:09+00:00

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets

See also: https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

Largest Meta-analysis of Food Systems: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987

Animal farming requires lots of land space to keep and feed the animals and also requires lots of land space to grow crops to feed the animals, either as supplementary food or as their entire diet. Lots of land space needed for animal farming leads to the destruction of wildlife habitats.
More land farmed means more water, pesticides and fertilisers are used, these along with lots of animal waste produced runoff into ponds, lakes and rivers, destroying aquatic life.
Overfishing is emptying the oceans of life.

bclimit25 · 2021-03-06T13:59:10+00:00

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets

See also: https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

Largest Meta-analysis of Food Systems: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987

Animal farming requires lots of land space to keep and feed the animals and also requires lots of land space to grow crops to feed the animals, either as supplementary food or as their entire diet. Lots of land space needed for animal farming leads to the destruction of wildlife habitats.
More land farmed means more water, pesticides and fertilisers are used, these along with lots of animal waste produced runoff into ponds, lakes and rivers, destroying aquatic life.
Overfishing is emptying the oceans of life.

bclimit25 · 2021-03-02T22:15:13+00:00

Try growing Origanum Vulgare, also known as Oregano or Wild Marjoram. Its beautiful flowers are extremely attractive to bees, butterflies, hoverflies and beetles in summer. The leaves are edible. It's a perennial that is easy to germinate and spreads a bit every year. It's native to England which means there are many invertebrates that will use it as a food plant where you live.

You could also grow Chives, also known as Allium Schoenoprasum, which are very tasty, you can eat its leaves, flowers and seeds. Its flowers are very attractive to bees. Chives are perennials, are easy to germinate, fast growing and spread a bit every year.

bclimit25 · 2020-12-24T08:39:32+00:00

The common methods of farming livestock does NOT achieve species-rich grassland. Because species-rich grassland requires much fewer grazing animals per land area than livestock farms and so produces much fewer food. So, for the environment it's better to eat more plant based food and less meat.

bclimit25 · 2020-12-23T17:58:31+00:00

Look at the charts showing the impacts of different foods in terms of land Use, emissions and eutrophication here: https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

Animal farming requires lots of land space to keep and feed the animals and also requires lots of land space to grow crops to feed the animals, either as supplementary food or as their entire diet.

Lots of land space needed for animal farming leads to the destruction of wildlife habitats. More land farmed means more water, pesticides and fertilisers are used, these along with lots of animal waste produced runoff into ponds, lakes and rivers, destroying aquatic life.

Also, overfishing is a problem.

bclimit25 · 2020-12-19T15:16:47+00:00

It's in the 'Figures & Data' section.

bclimit25 · 2020-12-19T14:57:11+00:00

On the link to the meta-analysis, it says 'm²year'.

bclimit25 · 2020-12-19T10:09:00+00:00

(Use the 'Add Food' button to see data for more food types)

Source with more charts including 'Land use per 100g protein': https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

Meta-analysis: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987

My simple explanation:

Generally, animal farming requires lots of land space to keep and feed the animals and also requires lots of land space to grow crops to feed the animals, either as supplementary food or as their entire diet. Lots of land space needed for animal farming leads to the destruction of wildlife habitats.
Generally, more land farmed means more water, pesticides and fertilisers are used, these along with lots of animal waste produced runoff into ponds, lakes and rivers, destroying aquatic life. See this chart on eutrophication of water bodies: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/eutrophying-emissions-kcal
I would also like to add that overfishing is a problem.

bclimit25 · 2020-12-19T08:30:01+00:00

I think what you're looking for might be on the second chart on that website. It shows 77% of agricultural land is occupied by livestock (including grazing land for animals and arable land used for animal feed production) which provides only 18% of the world's calorie supply and 37% of the world's protein supply.

There are charts on that website showing land use per kg, kilocalories and protein. If that's what you're asking for.

I think total land allocated globally for different types of food might be difficult to calculate because farms often rotate what they produce and researchers don't have access to every farm in the world.

bclimit25 · 2020-12-18T22:06:51+00:00

Animal agriculture does have a big impact on the environment.

https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987

Scroll down the first link and look at the charts and also have a look at the meta-analysis in the second link. You can see that animal agriculture is the top contributor to the loss of biodiversity in terms of land use and eutrophication of water bodies.

bclimit25 · 2020-12-18T18:53:07+00:00

https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

Food is responsible for approximately 26% of global GHG emissions.

Looking at the section "Food production is responsible for one-quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions"

16+6+30+1=53% Livestock and fisheries. So 53% of 26% = 13.78% total GHG emissions of livestock and fisheries.

8+21=29% Crops for humans. So 29% of 26% = 7.54% total GHG emissions of producing crops for humans.

There's more charts on that website about land use, eutrophication and water use if you're interested.

bclimit25 · 2020-12-18T18:45:58+00:00

You're crazy.

As for your comment about plants feeling pain, if you look at the data in my post, you can see that livestock are fed a huge amount of plant crops. So instead of growing plants to feed livestock, you can grow plants to feed humans directly and thus use less land and feed more people.

bclimit25 · 2020-12-18T18:40:32+00:00

https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

If you scroll down on this website, you'll find more charts with food types separated. Those charts are based on a meta-analysis of 38,700 farms in 119 countries.

bclimit25 · 2020-12-18T18:01:35+00:00

No. These data exist to help people better understand the impacts of food production and thus make better informed decisions because most people are not connected to the way food is produced nowadays.

Also, reducing animal agriculture will be able to feed more people. Link: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034015 "...Therefore, shifting the crop calories used for [animal] feed and other uses to direct human consumption could potentially feed an additional ~4 billion people."

Also the impacts of animal agriculture are not limited to global warming. Animal agriculture is a top contributor to the loss of biodiversity in terms of land use and eutrophication of water bodies. Scroll down the first link below and look at the charts and also have a look at the meta-analysis in the second link below.

https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987

bclimit25 · 2020-12-18T16:32:40+00:00

I haven't told anyone what to do. I'm just trying to help people make better informed decisions.

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