Growing beans produces about one-fortieth the amount of greenhouse gases that raising beef cattle does. If all beef production in the United States suddenly became bean production, the country would immediately cut greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 50 to 75 percent, according to a recent study. The change would also free up about 42% of U.S. cropland. That’s over 400 million square acres.
From an energy standpoint, producing beef is very inefficient. And, of course, the added greenhouse gases beef production releases mean greater global warming. Credit: ThoughtCo
