[RiceRichardJ]

> Aside from the fact that red meat is not particularly nutritious in terms of calories or nutrient variety

Animal proteins are generally more complete, containing all essential amino acids, which is more difficult to find with plant protein.

> and has well established health hazards for us,

Mostly correlative studies, I wouldn't call them well established.

> The amount of water, land, and feed that goes toward growing cattle until they're old enough to go to the slaughterhouse is enormous

These stats are fairly deceitful. Cattle are raised on low quality "marginal land" that would otherwise not be able grow proper crops. Cows with their four stomachs can digest rough grasses that grow there, making the otherwise useless land useful. Generally when you hear the "amount of water" required to raise a cow, this is simply rainwater. These headlines that get thrown around imply a massive amount of resources being diverted away from growing crops to raise cattle instead, but that is completely false.