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Personal choice. When I was buying beef I'd buy it from a local guy grass fed, well taken care of cattle etc. Feedlot = monculture = disease....it's not farming anymore, it's chemical production.

Cattle production is really inefficient use of resources...I find commercial production as painful as daily SUV consumption, however it's a personal choice. Not anti-Murican in the least to make personal choices, so long as i don't push it down yr throat, so to speak.

Lamb or pig - much better use of resources, but still not that great.

And Tabs your qualifier - "once in a while" - that's the key thing - sure once in a while is fine with both production and personal health, but every day / McDonald's culture = death, both personal and environmental (ie just a part of it....but again, beef production is a huge worldwide environmental drain).

Enjoy your steak once in awhile or whenever, but in a mindful way - that's the most important part.