The environmental costs of producing meat, seafood
Which food type is more environmentally costly to produce—livestock, farmed seafood, or wild-caught fish? The answer is, it depends. But in general, industrial beef production and farmed catfish are the most taxing on the environment, while small, wild-caught fish and farmed mollusks like oysters, mussels, and scallops have the lowest environmental impact, according to a new analysis.