[slfnflctd]

> a lot of small farms which have better welfare on the farm still send their animals places where they’re exposed to completely abysmal suffering

This is still my biggest issue.

In smaller and more 'primitive' human populations of ages past, swiftly killing animals that could eat plants people couldn't in order to get meat necessary to not starve seems like an obvious choice. That is a very, very far cry from what we're doing now. Maybe in the future we'll go back to something similar again for whatever reasons, but it's just not where we're at today.

[gw98]

Completely agree with this.

What is really terrible is the waste in the system. We have supply chains set up where a big chunk of what we produce gets thrown away just so people can have a large choice of "products". The objective is to keep the profit margin high why disposing of stuff. That is in no way sustainable or ethical, merely currently socially acceptable.