2026-11-04 06:15 UTC
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@trashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-11-04 06:44
Yes I did mean veg and fruit, but I mean that obviously we need to eat but we need to do it in a sustainable and fair way. Currently a lot of the produce in Canada & the US is grown by migrant labour where people are treated horribly. In Mexico, many of the agricultural production sites are owned by cartels. Quinoa used to be a primary food source for quechuan (peruvian indigenous) people but when it grew in popularity in the west, it became too expensive for those who depended on it. There are many more examples. What there is to do about it is to demand better agricultural practices and support fair-trade, co-ops, and sustainable food vendors. In the same way we should be / are demanding cruelty-free and sustainable animal products.
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@TWeaK@lemmy.today 2026-11-04 07:25
Unless you are Jain or just want to die, we got to eat something. That’s the thing though, why should plants be more eligible for eating than animals? Both are living. Animals are closer to us, so we can understand them better, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t being just as harmful to plants. I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with eating another animal for sustenance. Just the same as there isn’t anything wrong with eating a plant for sustenance. What matters is what we do before we eat them.