“ Every hectare of land used by farming is a hectare not used for wildlife and complex living systems,” says Monbiot. In “Apocalypse Cow,” he argues that the subsidies currently supporting animal agriculture should instead be used for tree-planting and other conservation projects. Monbiot is also a proponent of rewilding-large scale conservation aimed at creating new areas of biodiversity. “Before long, most of our food will come neither from animals nor plants, but from unicellular life.” “We are on the cusp of the biggest economic transformation, of any kind, for 200 years,” he wrote. “But agricultural sprawl–which covers a much wider area–is a far greater threat to the natural world.” “Many people are rightly concerned about urban sprawl,” Monbiot explains in The Guardian. He asserts that new technology and innovation will, ultimately, render traditional animal products redundant. In an accompanying article in The Guardian, Monbiot further addresses the environmental problems caused by intensive and extensive farming culture. Monbiot suggests creating this technology free from patents in order to maximize its impact and allow wider distribution. The program reveals meat production’s ongoing ecological destruction and cites lab-grown meat as its most likely replacement. Presented by vegan environmentalist George Monbiot, the documentary explores how animal agriculture is linked to climate change. Channel 4 documentary “Apocalypse Cow: How Meat Killed the Planet” could change the way some environmentalists see meat.
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