This article is on the effects of a vegetarian diet on the environment. The article displayed two sides. One side of the argument claims that a vegetarian diet can lead to more food imports, more land cultivation, and greater energy necessary to prepare meat substitutes such as tofu. The other argument presented in the argument explains that vegetarians who want to reduce their environmental footprint should avoid highly processed foods in general. There was also a reminder that livestock produce a great amount of methane, a greenhouse gas.Even though both sides of an argument were presented, I am inclined to believe that the author had an anti-vegetarian bias. The title itself proclaims that vegetarians harm the environment. Also, a greater amount of detail went into the reasons of how a vegetarian diet may be harmful.
The information provided seems to be from credible sources and included Cranfield University, WWF, and Liz O'Neill (part of the Vegetarian Society). None of the information appeared to be out of context or cherry picking facts.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1250532/Being-vegetarian-does-harm-environment-eating-meat.html

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