People can often eat the higher quality food directly instead of feeding it to animals, which matters if food is scarce or expensive. On the other hand, if you want to convert grass to calories for humans, feeding it to a cow is a pretty reasonable way to do it.
I love how <3 has the dual interpretation of a heart and a fart.
Is there a particular reason for people to prefer eating animals who eat low quality food? Health, nutrition, etc?
People can often eat the higher quality food directly instead of feeding it to animals, which matters if food is scarce or expensive. On the other hand, if you want to convert grass to calories for humans, feeding it to a cow is a pretty reasonable way to do it.
(Warning: this is erring on the side of ‘beware the person who can explain everything’.)
Said animal doesn’t necessarily have the extra nutrients available to resist / fight back / be energetic in general, for one.
Source: Ground beef from grass-fed and grain-fed cattle: Does it matter?