hello :) please read the links before following or assuming things about me
about:
i go by he/they pronouns and am a nonbinary wlwi'm an autistic teenager, keep this in mind when interactingi'm an animal science major who is taking a lot of classes on crop science along with it, and i have a big interest in sustainable and local agriculture as a movement so i often focus on thatanimal ag is a big interest of mine, i feel very strongly about it and am a vocal advocate for sustainable ag practices and the advantages of raising your own foodi don't like getting in arguments all that much, but my brain can be... variable... so sometimes i do anyways. i'm mostly here to post about ag and my love of sheep.i have the paranoia real bad so please do not say ominous shit to me just for funsies. yes this is a continual problem and yes it is getting annoyingdon't be sexual toward me or i'll murder you. thanks.
dni:
if you're a racist, antisemite, homophobe, etc etcif you're a transphobe (that includes transmeds and 'nonbinary skeptics')if you're actively involved in ace discourseif you support bi/pan lesbians and/or use of the split attraction model outside of ace/aro-spec identitiesif you're an 'anti-anti' (translation: supporter of pedophilia and incest on the basis of it 'not being real')ddlg freaks begoneif you believe animal ag isn't ethical on the basis of being animal ag (why would you follow me anyway?)if you think i'm an encyclopedia for ag topics, because i'm not and still have a lot to learn about many animals i don't personally keep (i'm only able to keep poultry currently, and have pigeons and chickens)
opinions:
animal ag can be done in a way that doesn't harm the environment and minimizes suffering for the animals as opposed to how they would live if they were 'wild', the main issue with conventional ag is that it is within a capitalist system where profit is prioritized above all elsevegan/vegetarian diets aren't morally superior, meat/omnivore diets aren't morally superior. in our current capitalist system, all agricultural production relies on human exploitation, and crops such as vegetables and fruits rely on this moreso because they are often hand-picked. however, field crops also exploit workers, though it's on a smaller scale. worker exploitation is unavoidable in today's world, it's best to just try to minimize itlocal, sustainably-raised crops and animals are much better for the environment than not eating meat, especially if you're growing your own crops/animals and the transportation they take is just 'walk from backyard to kitchen'i hate a majority of conventional ag, and know that most pork and poultry is raised in horrible conditions. i don't eat pork or chicken when possible primarily because of this, and avoid chicken unless i'm having a terrible 'every texture and taste is bad except chicken nuggets' day. i want major reforms in the pork and poultry sectors of animal ag, and want both pork and poultry production animals to be brought back to much less extreme typesthe only industry i have no huge issues animal welfare-wise is the dairy industry, dairy cows are treated extremely well as opposed to meat/egg animals and the focus needs to be on workers' rights instead of "the poor dairy cows uwu"this isn't exactly an opinion but i am BEGGING you to learn how to critically read papers and check their sources, literally so many bunk studies are used to advocate for a 'vegan world' and if people actually read more into these studies and their sources they'd know that they're deeply flawed or just plain exaggerating/fabricating evidence. don't take papers from smaller or less reputable publications at face value, anyone can publish anything if they have the money and connections (there can be good studies from these smaller publications but you really really need to check their methodology, sources, and possible response papers before using them as an argument)