How big would Britain have to be for all the meat, milk and eggs we consume to be ethically farmed and free range? We each consume on average 80kg of meat, 0.57kg of eggs and 223kg of milk a year. Extrapolating for a population of 68 million, we need 5.7m tonnes of meat, 38,000 tonnes of eggs, and 15m tonnes of milk. If we were getting all of our meat, milk, and eggs from animals without the use of factory farming, we would indeed need much more land. That said, we can increasingly MAKE our meat, milk, and eggs from plants!

Source: The Guardian May 09, 2021 12:56 UTC