"Eat a carrot, hurt the economy? Sometimes"

"Smith and colleagues said decisions in Brazil and in Western countries to adopt more vegetarian diets could cost the meat-dependent Brazilian economy 1,388 million reais ($815 million)."

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Comments

[Richard]

I think a similar argument was made about the slave trade.

[jorgxmckie]

I love vegetarianism. It tends to me more, cheaper meat for me.