Note that an estimated 90% of global farm animals are factory farmed, and are fed monocrops like corn and soy that humans can eat. It's about 10 times more efficient to eat the plants directly than the animals due to Trophic Levels, so if you're worried about plants feeling pain you'd reduce their pain by eating them directly instead of their inefficient middlemen.
Note that an estimated 90% of global farm animals are factory farmed, and are fed monocrops like corn and soy that humans can eat. It's about 10 times more efficient to eat the plants directly than the animals due to Trophic Levels, so if you're worried about plants feeling pain you'd reduce their pain by eating them directly instead of their inefficient middlemen.