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I haven't seen the movie, but I've seen/read many things on the topic.

You do realize that food is produced the way it is produced for a reason, right? If it wasn't done this way, there would be mass starvation. We have developed a system that produces the most food possible using limited resources.

If everything was grown organically, or all livestock was free range, we wouldn't be able to make enough food to feed everyone in the country, let alone export like we currently do. Go ahead, compare crop yields on organic crops to those conventionally grown. Compare the head per acre on free range cattle versus the standard stock.

And that doesn't even address the economic impact. If all food was produced the way these people want it produced, only the very wealthy could afford to eat. Throughout human history, the primary nutritional problem was lack of calories. We have finally solved that problem in the last 60 years. This is a huge accomplishment for mankind. It is better to be fat with some health problems than starving and eventually dead.
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