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Activist: "Going vegan will save the planet." Farmer: "Going vegan means importing more food from industrial monocultures." Activist: "But local beef uses too much land." Farmer: "That land won't grow anything else." Activist: "Then leave it wild." Farmer: "It was grazed by wild ruminants for millennia." Activist: "Cattle aren't wild." Farmer: "Cattle are doing what wild aurochs did." Activist: "The methane though." Farmer: "Has been part of the ecosystem forever." Activist: "We need to reduce animal agriculture." Farmer: "And grow what on this rocky hillside?" Activist: "Something sustainable." Farmer: "Grass is sustainable. That's why it's growing here." 👏🏆😎