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

Suppose I grew my own meat and dairy for the table 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?
If you become totally self reliant especially if you limit waste and the use of artificial/ chemical/mechanical resources, then yes you would be. Indigenous tribes have the least destructive impact on natural resources and fyi, they are not vegetarians or vegans. They eat and kill only what they need, no more. Wild animals do the same exact thing. When was the last time you heard a lion or a gazelle pollute a river or the air or require electricity to refrigerate their tofu and veggie burgers and fruits and veggies? Even so called animal friendly crop farms used to be natural habitat for animals, most of whom have starved to death because they were kicked out of their homes so the vegetarians and vegans can enjoy their so called animal friendly/cruelty free diets and lifestyles.



Cities and urban centers produce the most pollutants not meat eating. While farms are said to contribute 15 percent of greenhouse gasses, cities, where many vegans and vegetarians live, produce up to 75%.



The main thing is do the best you can.



My family owns an 1800 hectare crop farm. Part of it is still "wild" while a part has been recognized as a wildlife sanctuary for migratory birds. We grow (no animals) everything from grain (rice and corn) to sugar to coconuts to vegetables (organic and non organic) to fruits. We even generate our own power. You think a self righteous city dwelling vegan is more envrinmentally friendly than that? You decide.Grow own meat or Vegan diet, which is the most environmentally friendly?
I still think its a bit messed up when an animal has to die simply for your some time in your stomach... literally, you are eating the fleshy carcass of a once living, breathing creature - it doesn't matter if you grow the animals yourself, and you think you're "kindly" killing them... the point is, your killing them to eat their flesh. I personally think thats utterly disgusting and not environmentally friendly, but that's just me.



Being a vegan in our society today isn't very difficult to accomplish... and its always environmentally friendly.



hope that helps a bit! :D
If you were to raise animals for meat they would have to eat vegetables, graze and they would omit methane gases that would hurt the planet in addition to their water consumption. It would be more sustainable to plant a vegetable garden and buy local food when you had to shop. If a vegan only eats exported foods than the diet is less eco friendly but still not as bad as having livestock. 40 pounds of grain = 1 pound of meat.Grow own meat or Vegan diet, which is the most environmentally friendly?
It could easily be done more environmentally friendly. You would have total control over it, so you could avoid the nastier chemical fertilizers and could even go so far as to avoid petroleum powered equipment if you wanted to.



Also, you would avoid all the shipping and packaging issues that go with supermarket food, once again making it more eco friendly.
Well, it would possibly (only possibly) be more environmentally friendly than a solely super market bought vegan diet, but not as much as a completely home grown vegan diet- not by a long shot :)Grow own meat or Vegan diet, which is the most environmentally friendly?
Are you also going to kill these animals yourself? Vegan, baby, all the way.
There is no such thing as "growing meat". Or dairy.
Like mentioned above - its a bit messed up when an animal has to die
So...you wanna...GROW....meat? Er...yeah good luck with that