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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the following funders: Research Council of Finland (350649 to I.H., R.M., M.T. and K.K.; 350650 to M.K. and A.L.; 352639 to T.K.); Strategic Research Council of Finland (352638) to M.K.; Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland (VN/10451/2022) to M.N.; and The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research Mistra, through Mistra Food Futures (DIA 2018/24 no. 8) to H.H., M.J. and R.M.

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  1. Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Irina Herzon, Rachel Mazac & Hanna L. Tuomisto

  2. University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, Helsinki, Finland

    Irina Herzon, Rachel Mazac & Hanna L. Tuomisto

  3. Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

    Rachel Mazac & Malin Jonell

  4. Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Maijaliisa Erkkola & Anne-Maria Pajari

  5. Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Tara Garnett

  6. Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

    Helena Hansson

  7. Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland

    Minna Kaljonen, Annika Lonkila & Marjaana Toivonen

  8. Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

    Teea Kortetmäki

  9. Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden

    Malin Jonell

  10. Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden

    Malin Jonell

  11. Department of Economics and Management, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Mari Niva

  12. Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Theresa Tribaldos

  13. Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland

    Hanna L. Tuomisto

  14. Ruralia Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Kari Koppelmäki

  15. Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala, Sweden

    Elin Röös

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Herzon, I., Mazac, R., Erkkola, M. et al. A rebalanced discussion of the roles of livestock in society. Nat Food 4, 926–927 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00866-y

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