Can we do without livestock? A plea for a circular economy

Some say that, in order to save the planet, mankind had better focus on becoming totally independent of livestock. Pigs, poultry and cattle, however, have an important role to play in order to achieve a truly circular economy – after all, what to do with leftovers of food production? According to the latest estimates by the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), livestock is responsible for 14% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, in industrialised countries the c