No reasons at at like that really if you think about it
To produce 1 kg of protein from kidney beans required approximately eighteen times less land, ten times less water, nine times less fuel, twelve times less fertilizer and ten times less pesticide in comparison to producing 1 kg of protein from beef
I just don’t think enough people care about this to make a huge difference. This has been true for some time now and the impact has been noticiable but it was more or less steady. Just look at meat alternatives slowly gaining more of the market.
The more recent development is almost certainly due to extreme prices of meat especially beef because of the Iran-US war.
People continue to be amazed by everyone sliding into poverty.
There are environmental and ethical reasons to do this. Not just cost
Would love to eat more beans but the result for me is always quite…farty
Recently started the Mediterranean diet, we’re allowed to eat as many legumes as we like.
We’re a bean family now
Sure. Sure there are.
No reasons at at like that really if you think about it
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25374332/
I just don’t think enough people care about this to make a huge difference. This has been true for some time now and the impact has been noticiable but it was more or less steady. Just look at meat alternatives slowly gaining more of the market.
The more recent development is almost certainly due to extreme prices of meat especially beef because of the Iran-US war.