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Eating Our Way to Extinction

As these animalsweren't allowed to roam free as they naturallydo in the wild, their...

As these animals
weren't allowed to roam free as they naturally
do in the wild, their grazing areas
soon became empty, and so, of course,
we needed to feed them, so again,
we slashed and burned our way through more and more forests, sowed the ground
with genetically
enhanced corn and soya, and then dowsed it
in pesticides, herbicides and synthetic
chemical fertilizer

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As these animals weren't allowed to roam free
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as they naturally do in the wild,
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their grazing areas soon became empty,
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and so, of course, we needed to feed them,
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so again, we slashed and burned our way
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through more and more forests,
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sowed the ground with genetically enhanced corn and soya,
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and then dowsed it in pesticides,
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herbicides and synthetic chemical fertilizer.
Duration
25 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:07
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Broxstar Productions

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Movie Summary

Globally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists open the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about: the damaging effects of factory farming.
[dramatic music] - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
[dramatic music]
The green land is used for human crops. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
The green land is used for human crops.
And yet the land we use for animal agriculture, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:12
And yet the land we use for animal agriculture,
Almost all the Earth's surface has-- now bears the mark - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:10
Almost all the Earth's surface has-- now bears the mark
Agriculture has transformed the planet like nothing else. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
Agriculture has transformed the planet like nothing else.
To produce milk, we farm an area about the size of Brazil. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
To produce milk, we farm an area about the size of Brazil.
To produce beef, we farm an area about the size of Canada, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:13
To produce beef, we farm an area about the size of Canada,
To produce eggs, we farm an area the size of Sweden. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
To produce eggs, we farm an area the size of Sweden.
To produce aquaculture feed, an area about the size of the UK. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
To produce aquaculture feed, an area about the size of the U...
A plant-based diet would reduce the amount of land required - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:08
A plant-based diet would reduce the amount of land required
That's an area the size of the entire African continent. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
That's an area the size of the entire African continent...
[Kate Winslet] The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
[Kate Winslet] The Amazon is the world's largest tropic...
This ancient and richly biodiverse world - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
This ancient and richly biodiverse world
It is often assumed that much of the soy - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
It is often assumed that much of the soy
In fact, less than six percent of the soy - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
In fact, less than six percent of the soy
The vast majority is grown to create - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
The vast majority is grown to create
The soy is exported all around the world - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:11
The soy is exported all around the world
The forests are not only home to millions - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:10
The forests are not only home to millions
Day by day, they slowly breathe in the carbon dioxide - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
Day by day, they slowly breathe in the carbon dioxide
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