The article does not provide any data&#x2F;link to the alleged destruction of environment.<p>Chicken is a lot like fracking - it probably has some external cost - but its a lot better than beef,tuna . . or any other meat out there - in terms of environmental sustainability.<p>Its also possible to recycle almost all parts of a chicken.<p>For example people in europe,america like what is know as the &quot;white meat&quot; ( not sure if its a co-incident ) - breast,thigh -  and people in asia like &quot;brown meat&quot; - which includes leg,wings.<p>So what the global food producers do is recycle and even out the demand which is one of the reason why white mean has became so much cheaper in europe.