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Ah yes, the Costco 10lbs of ground beef. The cheapest way to highly bioavailable protein and nutrition (around $2.50 a lbs). If they don't have it out, you can always knock on the butcher window and ask for it. They often sell it to their business customers.
Although somebody somewhere will eventually pay the cost it has on the environment, generally red meat is the worst option in that regard.
Ruminants have existed before civilization, they will exist after civilization. They are part of the normal biocycle. Critical for top soil development. They are a absolute requirement in nature.
Wild ruminants sure but our burger bovine hardly represent the historical precedent. Factory farming is not restoring our topsoil unfortunately. Actually beef demand is leading to a large amount of deforestation.
Agreed on factory farming : including monocroping
Red meat isn't the big evil, it's unsustainable farming methods.