Meat Eating v Plant-Based (video, balanced spiritual take in my opinion)

[Dtris]

In response to the idea that growing plants for food kills more animals than animal factory farms (and this doesn't include the over-fishing of ocean animals):

Animal slaughter is the killing of animals, usually referring to killing domestic livestock. It is estimated that each year 77 billion land animals are slaughtered for food.

Regarding land use for growing plant crops:

Livestock is the world's largest user of land resources, with pasture and arable land dedicated to the production of feed representing almost 80% of the total agricultural land. One-third of global arable land is used to grow feed, while 26% of the Earth's ice-free terrestrial surface is used for grazing.

The situation is a bit more complicated than statistics alone can show. You certainly can not ethically and sustainably raise as many animals or plants as you can when you use factory methods. Also animals can often be grazed on land that is unsuitable for plant farming. The US would be fine using organic/non-factory methods and be able to produce enough food, but some countries rely on factory methods to feed everyone.

77 Billion land animals is only 11 animals per person on the planet, that is pretty low really.