Someone who believes that the only cost of raising food is land area.
When the simple truth is you can apply more labor, machines and chemicals to plant farming per area than to ranching animals because plants are less "alive" or sensitive. But that does not mean more effective unless you are planning to populate every possible square inch of the Earth with humans. Doesn't that objection to being raised in dense confinement and on restricted diet apply to people as well as animals?
When the simple truth is you can apply more labor, machines and chemicals to plant farming per area than to ranching animals because plants are less "alive" or sensitive. But that does not mean more effective unless you are planning to populate every possible square inch of the Earth with humans. Doesn't that objection to being raised in dense confinement and on restricted diet apply to people as well as animals?
First vegetarians forget organic farming is dependent on animal ranching for fertilizer. Human waste alone would be diminishing returns.
Vegetarians forget to mention that 3rd world farmers can ranch meat animals by simply turning them loose on any land with any plants and gather them up when ready to harvest. The labor is limited to protecting from theft, predators, and occasional birth assistance. No machines or chemicals required.
Vegetarians lie and describe the cost of farming as if plant farmers are only gatherers of wild produce. Real vegetable farming requires a lot more labor in tilling soil, gathering, and storage plus pest and weed control than animal ranching.
Vegetarians "forget" to mention that a lot less land area is suitable for human edible plant farming than animal farming. And the sea is almost zero directly human edible plants. Animals can eat many plants humans cannot.
On a modern scale grains and vegetable are far more machinery and cash intensive than raising animals for meat even when divided among the people that can be fed -- assuming that you do not restrict the amount of land and water the rancher can use.
Vegetarians forget to mention that 3rd world farmers can ranch meat animals by simply turning them loose on any land with any plants and gather them up when ready to harvest. The labor is limited to protecting from theft, predators, and occasional birth assistance. No machines or chemicals required.
Vegetarians lie and describe the cost of farming as if plant farmers are only gatherers of wild produce. Real vegetable farming requires a lot more labor in tilling soil, gathering, and storage plus pest and weed control than animal ranching.
Vegetarians "forget" to mention that a lot less land area is suitable for human edible plant farming than animal farming. And the sea is almost zero directly human edible plants. Animals can eat many plants humans cannot.
On a modern scale grains and vegetable are far more machinery and cash intensive than raising animals for meat even when divided among the people that can be fed -- assuming that you do not restrict the amount of land and water the rancher can use.
by Al Gore Killer February 9, 2010
Get the Vegetarianmug. See, that's a real vegetarian, not those assholes who think they're better than meat-eaters or those on a "specific diet".
by Al-Zar December 21, 2008
Get the vegetarianmug. Someone who doesn’t eat meat products. Vegans don’t eat any animal products
One issue is vitamin B-12 deficiency, which is a necessary nutrient found only in animal foods. Vitamin B-12 pills are poorly absorbed. No 100% vegetarian population exists, except for India which eats lots of dairy.
Protein is okay in vegetarian diets, but Zinc is low. The recommended dietary allowance for Zinc is 11 mg daily, but due to anti-nutrients in seeds, the vegetarian requirement is 15 mg. Vegetarians usually do not consume enough zinc.
But it has health benefits over the standard diet because we eat less fruits and vegetables. Anthropological/nutritional evidence shows that we should eat mostly plants with some animal products. Our hominid species evolved to eat red meats, but only during successful hunts and probably not daily.
Vegetarians choose this diet to avoid causing pain to animals. However, the U.S. Humane Slaughter Act requires animals to be painlessly knocked unconscious before slaughter. Rubbing the belly of a crab knocks it unconscious before cooking. Oysters arguably feel no pain. Fish poisons such as Jamaican Dogwood are non-toxic to humans but painlessly sedate and kill fish.
Vegetarians also believe that it takes more energy to grow meat than to grow plants, but this isn’t true for grass fed meat. Fish farming can be more sustainable than extra plants for vegetarians if managed to avoid overfishing. Oyster farms are good for ecosystems.
One issue is vitamin B-12 deficiency, which is a necessary nutrient found only in animal foods. Vitamin B-12 pills are poorly absorbed. No 100% vegetarian population exists, except for India which eats lots of dairy.
Protein is okay in vegetarian diets, but Zinc is low. The recommended dietary allowance for Zinc is 11 mg daily, but due to anti-nutrients in seeds, the vegetarian requirement is 15 mg. Vegetarians usually do not consume enough zinc.
But it has health benefits over the standard diet because we eat less fruits and vegetables. Anthropological/nutritional evidence shows that we should eat mostly plants with some animal products. Our hominid species evolved to eat red meats, but only during successful hunts and probably not daily.
Vegetarians choose this diet to avoid causing pain to animals. However, the U.S. Humane Slaughter Act requires animals to be painlessly knocked unconscious before slaughter. Rubbing the belly of a crab knocks it unconscious before cooking. Oysters arguably feel no pain. Fish poisons such as Jamaican Dogwood are non-toxic to humans but painlessly sedate and kill fish.
Vegetarians also believe that it takes more energy to grow meat than to grow plants, but this isn’t true for grass fed meat. Fish farming can be more sustainable than extra plants for vegetarians if managed to avoid overfishing. Oyster farms are good for ecosystems.
I choose to be a vegetarian because it's morally, nutritionally, and environmentally superior to a meat-based diet.
by Dr. Cordain March 11, 2011
Get the Vegetarianmug. 1. (n)A person or group of people that are stupid and arrogant enough to believe that they, and they alone, are responsible for "saving lives" when all they are doing is supporting the overpopulation of animals thereby causing them to starve to death (horrible way to die) while at the same time destroying their own bodies because humans are MEAT EATERS.
2. (adj) A word describing any elitest idiot who demands the rest of society follow their destructive eating habits.
2. (adj) A word describing any elitest idiot who demands the rest of society follow their destructive eating habits.
by dammit janet July 3, 2003
Get the Vegetarianmug. by AugieS July 7, 2005
Get the Vegetarianmug. (1) A vegetarian diet is one which excludes animal flesh but may include eggs and dairy products.
(Origin) From the native American Blackfoot Tribe. Direct translation: "Can't Hunt Well."
(Origin) From the native American Blackfoot Tribe. Direct translation: "Can't Hunt Well."
by EvilCream August 24, 2005
Get the Vegetarianmug. A hypocryte. A person who only eats the LIVING cells of a vegetable or plant, while chastizing the rest of society for killing animals for food. Yes people, a vegetable is ALIVE when you eat it. Meat is dead.
The vegetarian ripped the supple carrot from the ground.
The vegetarian imprisoned the living carrot in her cold, damp refridgerator, away from the sunlight that feeds it.
The vegetarian ripped apart the living tissue of the carrot with his teeth, dooming the carrot to a slow and cruel death by digestion.
The vegetarian imprisoned the living carrot in her cold, damp refridgerator, away from the sunlight that feeds it.
The vegetarian ripped apart the living tissue of the carrot with his teeth, dooming the carrot to a slow and cruel death by digestion.
by meatetarian July 29, 2003
Get the vegetarianmug.