While it's true that excessive beef consumption has environmental impacts, it's also important to consider that meat consumption has played a significant role in human evolution. Eating meat provided essential nutrients that helped early humans develop larger brains and greater cognitive abilities, which in turn enabled us to address complex challenges and work towards a better future. Balancing meat consumption with sustainable practices might be a more effective approach. 

 The environmental impact of beef is from modern factory farming practices. 

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Localism is the way.
Not industrially sourced soy and cricket production.

Ffs. 

 Specific types of cattle farming have negative environmental impacts, but cattle grown in properly rotated silvopasture systems are net beneficial for the environment