http://sustainability.stackexchange.com/a/805/99
@Nate It sounds like you are proposing to get rid of all livestock? Personally I think that there is a place for every animal in the world, even the ones that are relatively inefficient like cows and pigs. However, as with all things the value is in moderation. I think it's ok to keep some cows, pigs, chicken etc, but don't try to keep hundreds or thousands of them just for eating or selling the meat. To quote [this blog](http://crossthought.blogspot.nl/2012/05/keeping-livestock-for-more-sustainable.html) "Livestock were raised sustainably f…
@Nate It sounds like you are proposing to get rid of all livestock? Personally I think that there is a place for every animal in the world, even the ones that are relatively inefficient like cows and pigs. However, as with all things the value is in moderation. I think it's ok to keep some cows, pigs, chicken etc, but don't try to keep hundreds or thousands of them just for eating or selling the meat. To quote [this blog](http://crossthought.blogspot.nl/2012/05/keeping-livestock-for-more-sustainable.html) "Livestock were raised sustainably f…
Although I think the other answers do provide good information, I would argue that, as posed on sustainability.stackexchange.com, all of them are still wrong (albeit maybe Chris Travers' answer is only partially so).
You should not put meat in your compost pile.
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