Part of what is wrong with this debate, is that people claim that if we take all the land that us currently being used to produce beef and turn it into producing vegetables, the world would be a better place.
Well....that equation uses the sand hills for instance. Who here believes we should till up the sand hills and plant tomatoes? Think of the millions of acres in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas that are used to produce beef. The vast majority of that is in no way able to be tilled to grow vegetables. Has anyone here ever driven through the bad lands of South dakota? Yep, they are used to graze beef. Anyone expecting to grow vegetables there?