[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by katex

Thing is Blazey, if we all went for free range, the production could not keep up with the demand, due to lack of land.

Same with vegetarianism, if we all suddenly became vegetarian, again, there would be a shortage of land suitable for growing crops to feed us all.

It takes more land to feed animals than it does to raise crops of equivalent food value. I have read somewhere (will find it if you require me to) that if all pasture land was used for food crops - no-one in the world would starve