“Animal farming impacts soil nematodes, mites, and springtails hugely more than directly affected animals?” by Vasco Grilo🔸

Side note. You can give me feedback here (anonymously or not).Summary I estimate animal farming: Decreases the living time of (wild) soil nematodes, mites, and springtails hugely more than it increases that of directly affected animals. Increases the welfare of soil nematodes, mites, and springtails hugely more than it changes that of directly affected animals. My best guess is that those soil animals have negative lives, so I think decreasing their animal-years by increasing land use is beneficial. I believe broadly advocating for decreasing the consumption of animal-based foods tends to be harmful. I predict it decreases cropland due to predominantly resulting in the replacement of poultry and pig meat, and beef with plant-based foods. In agreement with this, I estimated School Plates in 2023, and Veganuary in 2024 harmed soil nematodes, mites, and springtails 5.42 k and 3.58 k times as much as they benefited directly affected animals. I recommend donating [...] ---Outline:(00:20) Summary(02:20) Impact of animal farming on the living time of animals(05:13) Impact of animal farming on the welfare of animals(09:31) Increasing animal farming increases animal welfare?(11:00) My recommendations(12:17) Eating plant-based still makes sense to me(14:26) Acknowledgements--- First published: June 28th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/J62ZWBJyAtWqSr4eH/animal-farming-impacts-soil-nematodes-mites-and-springtails --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.