Grow own meat or Vegan diet, which is the most environmentally friendly?

Suppose I grew my own meat and dairy for the table (deer, rabbit, fish etc) and caught my own wild meats and grew or collected wild everything else I ate, would this be more or less environmentally friendly than a Vegan diet sourced from supermarkets (not grow your own)?Grow own meat or Vegan diet, which is the most environmentally friendly?
Food miles alone would make the vegan diet less environmentally friendly.



The whole argument on diet is a very tricky one. Those that think that it is clear cut, do not realise the damage they are doing.



The vegan diet relies on imported foods which are not as sustainable as thought. The UK farming sector is excellent and leading the world (not in output but, in quality, environmental friendliness, sustainability and animal welfare standards) and I would recommend looking at this argument as less of one or the other but, picking the right balance.



We need to be eating more foods produced locally. This means eating vegetables and fruits in season etc, and this is where the vegan argument doesn't hold water as to do this wouldn't be very healthy for a vegan.Grow own meat or Vegan diet, which is the most environmentally friendly?
Growing meat, fruit and vegetables organically, without the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides is best for a naturally healthy diet and environment.



Plants grow, animals take in plants at one end, after going through the digestive system, come out the other end as manure which feeds the plants, and so on.

Humans eat plants and animals and everything is kept under control. It's all part of the natural cycle of life and harmonious living, interdependent and beneficial to all. It's only when greed and an unhealthy desire to control, that things become unbalanced.
You are asking for a budgeting decision without providing enough information to make a valid decision. The ideal would achieve sustainability of your food chain whether you farmed, hunted and gathered, shopped the retail market, or did some combination of the three. Whether you are part of an extended, or higher, food chain or not - you are the top tier of your own food chain.



For many of us, a combination of the three is the most sustainable for both the environment and ourselves. Too often we fail to recognize our selves and our own health concerns in terms of being environmentally friendly. Being sick and/or having a chronic disease, excluding any dollars or personal 'humane' issues, is a seriously large resource using event. Within the scope of utilizing all three food chain sources to remain healthy humans, we can start to make a number of environmentally budgeted choices. In general, the fewer contaminates and chemicals used to produce and deliver the food that ultimately ends up in our bodies, the better off for the environment and ourselves. This includes the preservatives, sweeteners, assorted salts, and more that we often do not consider when thinking about being environmentally friendly. Then there are the cooking methods themselves, the containers used to cook in, and the containers used on the table its self. These types of things are reasonably within our control despite the food chain used. Growing method with respect to sustainability issues, environmental concerns with respect to transportation, and environmental storage costs are often further from our control but often more easily recognized.



I'm not sure we can even quantify which food chain source is more environmentally friendly for an individual in a given location. And, the budgeting numbers would be radically different depending up on the locale of the person being considered. There are some generalities that we can use as guiding principles despite where we live though. They are based in a balanced, healthy diet utilizing the fewest number of resources from origin to table, andsustainablee growing/harvesting practices. If we consider these generalities when deciding whether to growing a food versus buying it, whether to buy organicversuss not, whether to buy local in-season foods versus not, whether to catch and release versus not, whether to toss those left-overs or not, and more then we will be making honest, rational, environmentally friendly, budgeting decisions; some will be better than others for a variety of reasons. But, despite these sourcing and purchasing decisions, we still have within our complete power and control decisions relating to getting a healthy balanced diet, cooking method,identifyingg and avoiding "hidden" chemical sources, and choice of cooking and storage vessels/containers.Grow own meat or Vegan diet, which is the most environmentally friendly?
The most environmentally friendly way to eat is to consume organic fruits, vegetables, and meat from local farms.



Home growing is a gimmick performed by people who think the Prius is good for the environment.
The vegan diet is not very environmentally friendly, as eating all those vegetables produces a lot more greenhouse gases which adds to global warming. And that is why Al Gore is trying to get it banned.Grow own meat or Vegan diet, which is the most environmentally friendly?
yes, you have to use vegan diet for enviromentally.
The lower down the food chain you eat the more sustainable it is.
You're just having a silly phase dear it will pass