Thanks for tagging me, Matt! I think the most cost-effective way of increasing animal welfare through food is buying more beef. I estimate this is 63.8 % as cost-effective as the Shrimp Welfare Project (SWP) has been, for a cost of 6.32 $/meat-kg, due to increasing cropland, and therefore decreasing the animal-years of soil nematodes, mites, and springtails, which I guess have negative lives. In other words, I would think about buying beef as making very cost-effective donations. Eating lots of beef would not be healthy, but one can consume just a small amount in order not to eat fully plant-based (which may be one of the goals of eating mussels), and throw away the rest.
Quick question: are you saying that this is cost-effectively better than going vegan? Or just that if you are going to eat meat, it’s better to switch your consumption to beef?
I am very uncertain, but my best guess is that going vegan is harmful, whereas I estimate buying beef increases animal welfare 3.04 (= 408⁄134) times as cost-effectively as cage-free campaigns (although there is again lots of uncertainty).
Thanks for tagging me, Matt! I think the most cost-effective way of increasing animal welfare through food is buying more beef. I estimate this is 63.8 % as cost-effective as the Shrimp Welfare Project (SWP) has been, for a cost of 6.32 $/meat-kg, due to increasing cropland, and therefore decreasing the animal-years of soil nematodes, mites, and springtails, which I guess have negative lives. In other words, I would think about buying beef as making very cost-effective donations. Eating lots of beef would not be healthy, but one can consume just a small amount in order not to eat fully plant-based (which may be one of the goals of eating mussels), and throw away the rest.
Quick question: are you saying that this is cost-effectively better than going vegan? Or just that if you are going to eat meat, it’s better to switch your consumption to beef?
Hi Cristopher,
I am very uncertain, but my best guess is that going vegan is harmful, whereas I estimate buying beef increases animal welfare 3.04 (= 408⁄134) times as cost-effectively as cage-free campaigns (although there is again lots of uncertainty).