Vegan Agriculture

Introduction

Vegan agriculture refers to the growing of crops, preferably without any type of animal input such as fish emulsion, blood, animal labor (eg. plough animals), or fecal slurry.

Currently agriculture uses up almost half of Earth's habitable land, and animal agriculture (including grazing land and crops grown specifically to feed livestock) uses up 77% of that land, despite only providing 18% of humanity's calories, and 37% of our protein with meat and dairy. - Our World in Data: Global Land for Agriculture

Considering that the remaining 23% of agricultural land which is used to grow crops for direct human consumption is able to provide humanity with 82% of our calories and 63% of our protein, it is estimated that we could easily feed 12 to 14 billion people if we simply stopped wasting our resources to raise livestock.

By switching to vegan agriculture, we could not only end hunger, but also start returning damaged farm land to nature, to help revitalize our ecosystems, and even curb the current extinction rate which is heavily driven by livestock farming.

Benefits of Vegan Agriculture

Food

Food Security

Milk

Dairy has major ecological impacts including land use, erosion, water use and water pollution, green house gas emissions, deforestation, and so on.

Explore our Vegan Milkman Directory to see which companies are offering dairy-free milks, yogurt, butter, cheese, and other delicious products for delivery or pick up.

Energy

Solar For Farmers

Wind

Biofuels

Building Materials

Textiles & Art Supplies

Types of Vegan Agriculture

Crop Farming (Traditional)

Crops including grains, nuts, roots, leafy greens, herbs, and fruit are all vegan simply in that they are plants and not animals., but there are some ways in which animals are killed or used which can be avoided in order to conduct truely vegan farming. That is, farming which reduces the suffering of animals as much as possible.

Non-Lethal Pest Control

Modern farming causes animal deaths in various ways, but perhaps most deadly of all is the "pest control" methods used including:

Manure-Free

Livestock pollute our water in many ways, but perhaps most routinely via their excrement, which is produced in far greater quantities than humans produce sewage. A single factory farm can produce more waste than a city of humans can produce in sewage, but worse, it isn't processed in the same way as sewage which can be made sanitary enough to use as drinking water.

Advocates of manure use fail to realize that manure on fields is often contaminated with livestock medications including de-wormers and other drugs which negatively impact beneficial species such as worms and dung beetles which are going extinct as agriculture expands and climate change alters everything from the seasons to soil qualities.

Mushroom Farming

Mushrooms can be use for food, medicine, bioremediation, animal-free leather, and plastic-free packaging solutions. 

Paludiculture

Seaweed Farming

Seaweed farming can help restore coastal eco-systems after the recent decades of overfishing and other destructive human activities. The practice helps sequester CO2, cleans the water, and provides shelter for small sea creatures. Unlike the fishing industry, there is more opportunity for women to make a living from this industry.

Vertical Farming

Vat Production

Thanks to biotechnology we can grow an increasing array of cultures from algae and yeast to bacteria we can produce supplements, food additives and flavorings, biofuels, and medicines. These single celled organisms can help produce cruelty-free, low impact solutions to industrial and food security concerns.

Financial

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